Born near
Wilmington, Ohio, Doan attended common schools there and completed an academic course. He taught for three years in southern Ohio. He graduated from the
Cincinnati Law School in 1857 and was
admitted to the bar that same year, commencing practice in
Wilmington, 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, D.C. Doan died in
Wilmington, Ohio on February 24, 1919. His remains are interred at the Sugar Grove Cemetery. ==Sources==