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Daniel, John W. (John Warwick), 1842-1910

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Personal name headingDaniel, John W. (John Warwick), 1842-1910
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Variant(s)Daniel, Mr. (John Warwick), 1842-1910
Daniel, John Warwick, 1842-1910
Birth date18420905
Death date19100629
Place of birthLynchburg (Va.)
Place of deathLynchburg (Va.)
AffiliationUniversity of Virginia. School of Law
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates
Virginia. General Assembly. Senate
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Lawyers
Found inA treatise on the law of negotiable instruments, 1882: t.p. (John W. Daniel, of the Lynchburg, Va. bar)
In the Senate of the United States, 1888?: p. 1 (Mr. Daniel, from the Committee on Indian Affairs)
Members of Congress since 1789, 1977 (Daniel, John Warwick, D. Va., Sept. 5, 1842-June 29, 1910; House 1885-87; Senate 1887-June 29, 1910)
Senate manual, 1901: t.p. (John Warwick Daniel)
Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, April 28, 2014 (Daniel, John Warwick, a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born in Lynchburg, Va., September 5, 1842; attended private schools, Lynchburg College, and Dr. Gessner Harrison's University School; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army 1861-1864, attaining the rank of major; permanently disabled in the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864; studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice at Lynchburg, Va.; member, State house of delegates 1869-1872; member, State senate 1875-1881; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1881; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); did not seek renomination in 1886, having been elected Senator; elected in 1885 as a Democrat to the United States Senate; reelected in 1891, 1897, 1904, and 1910, and served from March 4, 1887, until his death on June 29, 1910; died before his credentials for the last election could be presented; chairman, Committee on Revision of the Laws of the United States (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Fifty-fifth Congress), Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine (Sixtieth Congress), Committee on Private Land Claims (Sixty-first Congress); died in Lynchburg, Va.; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery.
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