Sturgeon, Daniel
physician, state legislator, United States senator, was born Oct. 27, 1709, in Adams county, Pa. In 1818 he was chosen a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives, serving three terms; and in 1825 he was elected to the state senate, being speaker of that body the last three years of his term. In 1830 he was appointed auditorgeneral of the state, which office he filled six years; and in 1838 and 1839 he was state treasurer and ended the buckshot war by refusing to honor Governor Ritner's warrant for payment of the troops. He was elected United States senator as a democrat for the term that began March 4, 1839, and was re-elected to that body, his last term expiring March 3, 1851. In 1853 President Polk appointed him treasurer of the United States mint at Philadelphia, which post he held until 1858. He died July 2, 1878, in Uniontown, Pa. returned to Boston, and became a merchant in that city. In 1862-63 he served as captain and major in the forty-fifth Massachusetts regiment. He has been actively associated with the Young Men's Christian association since 1858, as president of the Boston association.