John Reeves Jones Daniel

John Reeves Jones Daniel (born January 13, 1802 in Halifax , Halifax County , North Carolina , †  June 22, 1868 in Shreveport , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1853 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Daniel enjoyed a private upbringing. He then studied until 1821 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1823, he began to work in this profession in Halifax. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1832 and 1834 he was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives . In 1834 he became Attorney General of his state.

In the congressional election of 1840 , Daniel was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Jesse Atherton Bynum on March 4, 1841 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1853 . Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the seventh and from 1847 to 1853 the sixth district of his state. During Daniel's time as a congressman, the Mexican-American War fell , as a result of which large areas in the west and southwest came under American administration. At times, Daniel was chairman of the committee that dealt with claims against the state ( Committee on Claims ). In 1852 he renounced another candidacy.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, John Daniel returned to work as a lawyer. In 1860 he moved to Louisiana, where he settled near Shreveport. There he also practiced as a lawyer. He also worked as a planter . He died in Shreveport on June 22, 1868. His son Junius , born in 1828 , died as Brigadier General of the Confederate Army in the Civil War during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House .

Web links

• John Reeves Jones Daniel in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)