Daniel Myers Van Auken

Daniel Myers Van Auken

Daniel Myers Van Auken (born January 15, 1826 in Montague , Sussex County , New Jersey , †  November 7, 1908 in Milford , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Van Auken attended public schools in his home country and the Deckertown Academy . In 1852 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady ( New York ). After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1855, he began to work in Milford in this profession. Between 1855 and 1859 he was a district attorney in Pike County there . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1866 , Van Auken was elected in the eleventh constituency of Pennsylvania to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded the late Philip Johnson on March 4, 1867 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1871 . By 1869, the work of Congress was weighed down by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

In 1870 Van Auken renounced another congressional candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as an attorney in Milford. From 1893 to 1896 and again between 1899 and 1903 he was again District Attorney in Pike County. He died in Milford on November 7, 1908.

Web links

• Daniel Myers Van Auken in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel Myers Van Auken in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Philip Johnson	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (11th constituency) March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871	John Brutzman Storm