CS Daniel, John Warwick Sr.

John Warwick Daniel Sr.
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Born: September 5, 1842

Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia

Father: Judge William Daniel 1806 – 1873

(Buried: Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

Mother: Sarah Ann Warwick 1822 – 1845

(Buried: Radcliffe Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

Wife: Julia Elizabeth Murrell 1850 – 1937

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

Children:

Julia Elizabeth Daniel 1870 – 1915​

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

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Carrie W. Daniel Harper 1873 – 1934​

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

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John Warwick Daniel Jr. 1878 – 1921​

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

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Edward Murrell Daniel 1883 – 1938​

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

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William Patton Daniel 1885 – 1894​

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

Education:

Attended Lynchburg College​

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Attended Dr. Gessner Harrison's University School​

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Studied law at University of Virginia Law School after the war​

Civil War Career:

1861: Served in the Lynchburg Virginia Cavalry Troop​

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1861: 2nd​ Lt. 27th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Wounded during the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia​

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1861 – 1863: 1st​ Lt. 11th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Served in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1863 – 1864: Major and Adjutant on Jubal Early's Staff​

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1864: His femur was shattered at the Battle of the Wilderness​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia​

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1869 – 1872: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​

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1875 – 1881: Virginia State Senator​

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1880: Vice President Democratic Party National Convention​

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1881: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Virginia​

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1885 – 1887: United States Congressman from Virginia​

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1886: Choose not to seek reelection to U.S. Congress​

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1887 – 1910: United States Senator from Virginia​

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1888: Virginia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​

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1893 – 1895: Chairman of Senate Revision of United States Laws​

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1896: Permanent Chairman Democratic Party National Convention​

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1897 – 1899: Chairman Senate Committee on Corporations Organized​

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1904: Member Platform Committee Democratic Party National Conv.​

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1907 – 1909: Chairman Senate Public Health on National Quarantine​

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1909 – 1910: Chairman Senate on Private Land Claims Committee​

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Leader in planning of the Virginia Memorial on Gettysburg Battlefield​

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Helped organize Lynchburg, Virginia's Commemoration of General Robert E. Lee​

Died: June 29, 1910

Place of Death: Lynchburg, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia

 

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Jubal Early and Daniel were both from Lynchburg.

 

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That loss in the Governor's race in 1881 was by 12,000 votes (there were 211,000 cast) and to William E. Cameron.

 

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On June 28, 1883 Daniel gave a 3 hour speech at the unveiling of Robert E. Lee's statue at Washington and Lee University.

 

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In 1886 Daniel won the Senate seat that had been occupied by William Mahone.