Daniel Sturgeon
United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
In office
January 14, 1840 – March 4, 1851
Preceded bySamuel McKean
Succeeded byRichard Brodhead
Treasurer of Pennsylvania
In office
1836–1840
GovernorJoseph Ritner
Preceded byJoseph Lawrence
Succeeded byAlmon H. Reed
Pennsylvania Auditor General
In office
1830–1836
GovernorGeorge Wolf
Preceded byDavid Mann
Succeeded byNathaniel P. Hobart
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 19th district
In office
1825–1830
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1818–1824
Personal details
Born(1789-10-27)October 27, 1789
Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 3, 1878(1878-07-03) (aged 88)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseNancy Gregg Sturgeon
ProfessionPolitician, Banker, Physician

Daniel Sturgeon (October 27, 1789 – July 3, 1878) was an American physician, banker and Democratic party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.

Biography

Daniel Sturgeon was born on October 27, 1789, in Mount Pleasant Township, present-day Adams County, Pennsylvania. He later moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1804. He attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Sturgeon practiced medicine in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, until being appointed county coroner in 1813. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1818 until 1824 and the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 19th district from 1825 until 1830, serving as President of that body for the final two years of his term until serving as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1830 until 1836. Immediately prior to being elected to the U.S. Senate, Sturgeon served as Pennsylvania Treasurer from 1838 until 1839.[1] The Senate seat on which Sturgeon served is now held by Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr.

Sturgeon was elected by the state legislature to the United States Senate on January 14, 1840, to serve the term that commenced on March 4, 1839. He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 1845 and was not a candidate for re-election in 1851. His term expired in March 1851. While a U.S. Senator, Sturgeon served as chairman of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office and the Committee on Agriculture.

Following his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Sturgeon was appointed treasurer of the United States Mint in Philadelphia by President Franklin Pierce, serving from 1853 until 1858. He died in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1878.

References

  1. ↑ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Daniel Sturgeon Biography". legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

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