United States Representative Directory

Joel Buchanan Danner

Joel Buchanan Danner served as a representative for Pennsylvania (1849-1851).

Democratic
Pennsylvania
District 15
Former

Pennsylvania

Role Representative

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State Pennsylvania

Representing constituents across the Pennsylvania delegation.

District District 15

District insights and legislative focus areas.

Service period 1849-1851

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

Joel Buchanan Danner (1804 – July 29, 1885) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Joel B. Danner was born in Liberty, Maryland. He engaged in the hardware business and carriage building at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He also served as justice of the peace.

Danner was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Nes. He resumed his former business pursuits in Gettysburg, where he died in 1885. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.