James I. Dungan

Irvine Dungan
1902
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district
In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by	Joseph H. Outhwaite
Succeeded by	Darius D. Hare
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 7th district
In office January 7, 1878 – January 4, 1880
Preceded by	I. T. Monahan
Succeeded by	John K. Pollard
Personal details
Born	(1844-05-29)May 29, 1844 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Died	December 28, 1931(1931-12-28) (aged 87) Jackson, Ohio
Resting place	Fairmont Cemetery, Jackson
Political party	Democratic
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	Union Army
Unit	19th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

James Irvine Dungan (May 29, 1844 – December 28, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Dungan attended the common schools. He received an academic education at the local academy at Denmark, Iowa, and at the college at Washington, Iowa. During the Civil War served as color sergeant in the Nineteenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Jackson, Ohio. Superintendent of schools of Jackson, Ohio, and city and county school examiner, 1867 and 1868. He served as mayor of Jackson, 1869. He served as member of the State senate from 1877 to 1879. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1880.

Dungan was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifty-third Congress in 1892. Attorney in the Interior Department from 1893 to 1895. He returned to Jackson, Ohio, and resumed the practice of law. City solicitor, 1913. He engaged in the practice of his profession until his death in Jackson, Ohio, on December 28, 1931. He was interred in Fairmont Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress. "James I. Dungan (id: D000539)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th congressional district
E. Whittlesey Spangler Leadbetter Mathews Johnson Parrish Ritchey W. Whittlesey Gaylord Lindsley Sherman Worcester O'Neill Delano Morgan Delano Morgan Southard Warner Atherton Converse Outhwaite Dungan Hare Harris Norton Jackson Mouser Anderson Key Overmyer Begg Baird Fiesinger White Baumhart Weichel Baumhart Mosher Pease Brown Sutton Ryan