Background
Doan, William was born on April 4, 1792 in Maine, United States.
Doan, William was born on April 4, 1792 in Maine, United States.
Born in Maine, Doan attended the common schools. He studied medicine at New Richmond and commenced practice in 1818 at Withamsville, Clermont County.
He graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1827. He served in the State senate in 1833 and 1834. Doan was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.
He resumed the practice of medicine. He died in Withamsville, Ohio, June 22, 1847.
He was interred in Union Township (Mount Moriah) Cemetery, Tobasco, Ohio.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1831 and 1832.