Daniel Mace was a U.S. Representative

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 from Indiana

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Born in Pickaway County, Ohio

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, Mace attended the public schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1835 and practiced in LaFayette, Indiana.
He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1836.
He served as clerk of the state house of representatives in 1837.
United States attorney for Indiana 1849-1853.

Mace was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Thirty-second

32nd United States Congress

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 and Thirty-third

33rd United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855).
He was reelected as an Opposition Party

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 candidate to the Thirty-fourth

34th United States Congress

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Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857).
He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-fourth Congress).
He resumed the practice of law.
Postmaster of LaFayette from September 22, 1866, until his death in LaFayette, July 26, 1867.
He was interred in Greenbush Cemetery.