Robert Eachus Doan (July 23, 1831 – February 24, 1919) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a

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from

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for one term from 1891 to 1893.

Biography

Born near

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, Doan attended common schools there and completed an academic course. He taught for three years in southern Ohio. He graduated from the

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in 1857 and was

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that same year, commencing practice in

. Doan was editor of the Wilmington Watchman in 1859 and 1860. He served as prosecuting attorney of Clinton County in 1862. Doan was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). After his unsuccessful candidacy for renomination in 1892 he resumed the practice of law in

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Doan died in

on February 24, 1919. His remains are interred at the Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Sources

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