Daniel W. Waugh
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Daniel Webster Waugh (March 7, 1842 - March 14, 1921) was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Indiana
Indiana
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Early life and career

Waugh was born near Bluffton, Indiana
Bluffton, Indiana
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, and attended local schools. He entered into the military in 1861 by enlisting in the Union Army
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. Waugh served in Company A, 34th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry and he was honorably discharged in September 1864.

Law

Waugh was both a teacher and a farmer before being admitted to the bar
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 in 1866. He moved to Tipton, Indiana
Tipton, Indiana
Tipton is a city in and the county seat of Tipton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,106 at the 2010 census. It is part of the 'Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 in 1867, where he practiced law. He also served as a judge of the thirty-sixth judicial circuit from 1884 to 1890.

Political career

He was elected as a Republican
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 to the Fifty-second
52nd United States Congress
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 and Fifty-third
53rd United States Congress
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 Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895). He declined candidacy for his renomination in 1894.

Final years

He practiced law until his retirement. He died in Tipton, Indiana
Tipton, Indiana
Tipton is a city in and the county seat of Tipton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,106 at the 2010 census. It is part of the 'Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 on March 14, 1921. He is interred in the mausoleum
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adjoining Green Lawn Cemetery.
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