Education
Born near Wilmington, Ohio, Doan attended common schools there and completed an academic course. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1857 and was admitted to the bar that same year, commencing practice in Wilmington, Ohio.
United States representative lawyer politician
Born near Wilmington, Ohio, Doan attended common schools there and completed an academic course. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1857 and was admitted to the bar that same year, commencing practice in Wilmington, Ohio.
He taught for three years in southern Ohio. Doan was editor of the Wilmington Watchman in 1859 and 1860. He served as prosecuting attorney of Clinton County in 1862.
Doan was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893).
After his unsuccessful candidacy for renomination in 1892 he resumed the practice of law in Washington, District of Columbia Doan died in Wilmington, Ohio on February 24, 1919.
His remains are interred at the Sugar Grove Cemetery.