Daniel D. Pratt

Daniel D. Pratt
Daniel D. Pratt
8th Commissioner of Internal Revenue
	In office; May 15, 1875 – August 1, 1876
President	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	John Watkinson Douglass
Succeeded by	Green Berry Raum
United States Senator; from Indiana
	In office; March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Thomas A. Hendricks
Succeeded by	Joseph E. McDonald
Member of the Indiana House of Representatives
	In office; 1851; 1853
Personal details
Born	October 26, 1813; Palermo, Maine, US
Died	June 17, 1877 (aged 63); Logansport, Indiana, US
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Hamilton College
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Teacher
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Daniel Darwin Pratt (October 26, 1813 – June 17, 1877) was a United States senator from Indiana. Born in Palermo, Maine, he moved to New York with his parents, who settled in Fenner. He attended the public schools and Cazenovia Seminary, and graduated from Hamilton College in 1831. He moved to Indiana in 1832 and taught school; in 1834, he settled in Indianapolis and was employed in the office of the Secretary of State. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Logansport in 1836.^[1]

In 1851 and 1853, he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and was elected in 1868 as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress, but resigned on January 27, 1869, before the beginning of his term as a U.S. Representative, having been elected to the U.S. Senate at the beginning of the month. He was a member of the Senate from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875; while in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses).

Pratt was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, holding that office in 1875 and 1876. He died in Logansport in 1877; interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery.^[1]

Pratt was a member of Tipton Lodge No. 33 F.&A.M. in Logansport, Indiana. He was raised in 1837. He served as Worshipful Master of the lodge in 1844.

Pratt practiced law with his nephew, Daniel P. Baldwin, who later became Indiana Attorney General (1880–1882).^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Powell, Jehu Z., ed. (1913). History of Cass County Indiana. Vol. I. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 114. Retrieved August 12, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Kendrick-Baldwin House". National Park Service.

United States Congress. "Daniel D. Pratt (id: P000497)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Daniel D. Pratt collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library

U.S. Senate
Preceded by Thomas A. Hendricks	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Indiana March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 Served alongside: Oliver P. Morton	Succeeded by Joseph E. McDonald
Government offices
Preceded by John W. Douglass	Commissioner of Internal Revenue May 15, 1875 – August 1, 1876	Succeeded by Green Berry Raum

[Cass-1] Powell, Jehu Z., ed. (1913). History of Cass County Indiana. Vol. I. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 114. Retrieved August 12, 2020 – via Google Books.

[2] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Kendrick-Baldwin House". National Park Service.

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v t e United States senators from Indiana
Class 1	Noble Hanna Tipton White Bright Wright Turpie T. Hendricks Pratt McDonald Harrison Turpie Beveridge Kern New Ralston Robinson Minton Willis Jenner Hartke Lugar Donnelly Braun Banks (elect)
Class 3	Taylor W. Hendricks Smith Hannegan Whitcomb Cathcart Pettit Fitch Lane Morton Voorhees Fairbanks Hemenway Shively Taggart Watson Van Nuys Jackson Jenner Capehart Bayh II Quayle Coats Bayh III Coats Young

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