Joel Buchanan DANNER, Congress, PA (1804-1885)

DANNER, Joel Buchanan, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Liberty, Md., in 1804; engaged in the hardware business and carriage building at Gettysburg, Pa.; justice of the peace; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Nes and served from December 2, 1850, to March 3, 1851; resumed his former business pursuits in Gettysburg, Pa., where he died July 29, 1885; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present