Daniel Cruger (December 22, 1780 – July 12, 1843)[1] was an American newspaper publisher, lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from New York.

Daniel Cruger
New York State Assembly
In office
1826
District attorney (Steuben County)
In office
1818–1821
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 20th district
In office
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Preceded byDaniel Avery
Oliver C. Comstock
Succeeded byCaleb Baker
Jonathan Richmond
District attorney (7th Dist.)
In office
1815–1818
Speaker of the New York State Assembly
In office
1816
New York State Assembly
In office
1814–1816
Personal details
Born(1780-12-22)December 22, 1780
Sunbury, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 12, 1843(1843-07-12) (aged 62)
Wheeling, Virginia, now West Virginia
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Spouse(s)Hannah Clement
Lydia Boggs Shepherd
EducationGeorgetown University
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Rank Major
Battles/warsWar of 1812

Early and family life

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Daniel Cruger was born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on December 22, 1780.[2] He was the son of Daniel Cruger, Sr. and Elizabeth (née Wheaton) Cruger. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1802. He married twice. His first wife, Hannah (née Clement) Cruger, died in 1831. His second wife, Lydia Boggs Shepherd, was the wealthy widow of Moses Sheperd, a relation of the prominent Virginia Duke Family, who was a man contractor of the National Road. They married on July 16, 1833, in Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia).

Early career and military service

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Cruger learned the printer's trade, and published the Owego Democrat in Owego, New York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1805, and commenced practice in Bath, New York. Cruger served as a major in the War of 1812.

Political career

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He was a member from Allegany and Steuben Counties of the New York State Assembly from 1814 to 1816, and again from Steuben County in 1826. Cruger served as Speaker during 1816.

Cruger was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress, and served from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819.

He was District Attorney of the Seventh District of New York from 1815 to 1818, and of Steuben County, New York, from 1818 to 1821. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law.

Daniel Cruger is buried at the Stone Church Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia.

References

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  1. ^ "CRUGER, Daniel". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  2. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Crown to Csoros". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
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Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the New York State Assembly
1816
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 20th congressional district

1817–1819
with Oliver C. Comstock
Succeeded by