Daniel Coleman DeJarnette

Daniel Coleman DeJarnette

Daniel Coleman DeJarnette (born October 18, 1822 in Bowling Green , Caroline County , Virginia , †  August 20, 1881 in White Sulfur Springs , West Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel DeJarnette was born on the Spring Grove Manor estate in Caroline County. He initially enjoyed private schooling and then attended Bethany College in what is now West Virginia. In the following years he worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1853 and 1858 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1860 DeJarnette was elected as an independent candidate in the third constituency of Virginia to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John Caskie on March 4, 1859 . He was confirmed in 1860, but did not take up his mandate on March 4, 1861 due to the secession of his state. His time as a member of parliament was determined by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war .

DeJarnette joined the Confederation and was a member of its Congress between 1862 and 1865 . In 1871 he acted as mediator in a border dispute between the states of Virginia and Maryland . He died in White Sulfur Springs on August 20, 1881.

Web links

• Daniel Coleman DeJarnette in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)