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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Van Auken attended the common schools and Decker Town Academy. In 1852, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady (New York). After a subsequent law degree in 1855 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Milford in this profession. Between 1855 and 1859 he was district attorney in the local Pike County. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1866 Van Auken was the eleventh electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the meantime deceased Philip Johnson on March 4, 1867. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1871 two legislative sessions. Until 1869, the work of the Congress of the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson was charged, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment.

In 1870, Van Auken renounced another Congress candidate. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced again as Aanwalt in Milford. From 1893-1896 and again 1899-1903, he was again District Attorney in Pike County. He died on November 7, 1908 in Milford.