- John Van McDuffie
John Van McDuffie (
May 16 ,1841 -November 18 ,1896 ) was a U.S. Representative fromAlabama .Born in
Addison, New York , McDuffie attended the common schools. He moved with his parents toBureau County, Illinois , in 1855. He attended Luther College,Decorah, Iowa . Enlisted in Company B,Second Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, in July 1861 and served through the Civil War.He settled inLowndes County, Alabama , and became a planter. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inHayneville, Alabama .McDuffie was elected judge of probate in 1868.He was reelected in 1874 and served until 1880.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872 and 1876.He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.He successfully contested the election of Louis W. Turpin to the Fifty-first Congress and served from
June 4 ,1890 , untilMarch 3 ,1891 .He unsuccessfully contested the election of Louis W. Turpin to the Fifty-second Congress.He engaged in mercantile pursuits and continued as a planter.He died inHayneville, Alabama ,November 18 ,1896 .He was interred in Pines Cemetery.References
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