Daniel Sheffer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Daniel Sheffer

American politician

Date of Birth: 24-May-1783

Place of Birth: York, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1880

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Daniel Sheffer

  • Daniel Sheffer (May 24, 1783 – February 16, 1880) was a Democratic member of the U.S.
  • House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Sheffer was born in York, Pennsylvania.
  • He attended the common schools and Harvard University.
  • He studied medicine in Philadelphia and commenced practice at York Springs, Pennsylvania.
  • He was associate judge of Adams County, Pennsylvania, from 1813 to 1837. Sheffer was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress.
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress.
  • He resumed the practice of his profession and was a delegate to the 1848 Democratic National Convention.
  • He died in 1880 at York Springs, where he was interred in the Old Lutheran Cemetery.

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