History of Warren, (Herkimer County) New York United States of America

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Biography of Robert Holland Duell

Robert Holland Duell, representative, was born in Warren, Herkimer county, N.Y., Dec. 20, 1824. He was graduated at Syracuse academy and was admitted to the bar in 1845. In 1848 he removed to Cortland, N.Y., where he practised his profession. In 1850 he was appointed district attorney for Cortland county and served as such until 1855, when he became district judge. He filled that office until 1859. He was a Republican representative in the 36th and 37th congresses, 1859-63, and in the 42d and 43d congresses, 1871-75. He was U.S. commissioner of patents, 1875-76. His son, Charles Holland, born in Cortland, N.Y., April 13, 1850, was graduated front Hamilton college in 1871 and from Hamilton law school in 1872; became a patent lawyer in Syracuse, N.Y., and was made commissioner of patents in 1898. Robert Holland Duell died in Cortland, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1891.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor