William McKee Dunn
| William McKee Dunn | |
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William M. Dunn
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| Born |
December 12, 1814 Hanover, Indiana |
| Died | July 24, 1887 (aged 72) Dunn Loring, Virginia |
| Buried at | Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1863–1881 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Commands held | Judge Advocate General of the Army |
| Battles/wars |
American Civil War Indian Wars |
| Other work | U.S. Representative |
William McKee Dunn (December 12, 1814 – July 24, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.
Born in Hanover, Jefferson County, Territory of Indiana, Dunn attended school in the first schoolhouse in Hanover. He was graduated from Indiana College in 1832 and from Yale College in 1835. He subsequently studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He then established a legal practice. Dunn served as member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1848. He was delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1850.
Dunn was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses. He served from March 4, 1859, until March 3, 1863. He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Thirty-seventh Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress.
During the early part of the American Civil War, in addition to his congressional duties, Dunn served in the Union Army as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General George B. McClellan from June 19, 1861, to August 1861, in the campaign in western Virginia.
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