Daniel Sheffer

Daniel Sheffer ( born May 24, 1783 in York, Pennsylvania, † February 16, 1880 in York Springs, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1837 and 1839 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Sheffer attended the common schools and studied at Harvard University after that. After a subsequent medical studies in Philadelphia and his medical license, he started in York Springs to work in this profession. From 1813 to 1837 he was an Associate Justice in the local Adams County. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this.

In the congressional elections of 1836 Sheffer was in the twelfth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George Chambers on March 4, 1837. Since he has not been confirmed in 1838, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1839. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Sheffer practiced as a doctor again. In May 1848 he took part in Baltimore as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He died on February 16, 1880 at the age of 96 years in York Springs, where he was also buried.