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 JOHN WARWICK DANIEL

, of Lynchburg, Campbell County, VA.; born there September 5, 1842; attended private schools, Lynchburg College, Dr. Gessner Harrison's University School; entered Confederate army as second lieutenant, "Stonewall Brigade." in May, 1861, and became major and chief of staff of Gen. Jubal A. Early, on which he served until crippled in the Wilderness, May 6, 1864; studied law at University of Virginia 1865-66, and practiced with his father, the late Judge William Daniel. Jr., until his death in 1873 is LL. D. of Washington and Lee University and of Michigan University; is author of "Daniel on Attachments" and "Daniel on Negotiable Instruments"; member of Virginia house of delegates 1869 to 1872; member of State senate from 1875 to 1881; Democratic elector at large 1876, and delegate at large to national Democratic conventions of 1880, 1888, 1892, and 1896; Democratic nominee for governor in 1881, and defeated by William E. Cameron. Readjuster; elected to House of Representatives of Forty-Ninth Congress in 1884; elected to United States Senate, as a Democrat, to succeed William Mahone, and took his seat March 4, 1887 unanimously reëlected in December, 1891, and unanimously reëlected for the third time December, 1897. Present term expires March 3, 1899, and the term of reëlection March 3, 1905.