Dan Daniel (politician)
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Wilbur Clarence "Dan" Daniel (May 12, 1914 – January 23, 1988) was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, serving ten terms from 1969 until his death from a heart attack in Charlottesville in 1988.
He previously served as the National Commander of The American Legion from 1956 to 1957.
Life
Daniel was born in Chatham, Virginia on May 12, 1914. He grew up on a tobacco farm in Mecklenburg County. He was educated in Virginia schools, and was a graduate of Dan River Textile School, Danville, Virginia. Danville, on the Dan River, was at the time a center for the tobacco and textile industries. The name of the school references the textile industry, and the town is known for the Dan River textile mill, which was founded in 1883 and closed in 2006.
Dan River Mills
From 1939 to 1968, except for a period of service in the U.S. Navy during World War II era, he was associated with Dan River Mills (present day Dan River, Inc.), the textile industry that operated a mill on the Dan River. He advanced through the ranks of the textile business to become assistant to the chairman of the board at Dan River Mills.
American Legion
He was elected commander of The American Legion's Department of Virginia in 1951, and National Commander in 1956.
Political career
He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates from 1959 to 1968, was President of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce in 1968, and was a permanent member of the President's People-to-People Committee (now People to People International).
He was elected as a Democrat to the 91st United States Congress and to nine succeeding congresses, serving from January 3, 1969, until his death from a heart attack in January 1988. He was a conservative Democrat, receiving a score of 89.71% from the American Conservative Union.[1]
Death
He died at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, on January 23, 1988, from an aortic dissection.[2] He was interred in Highland Burial Park in Danville, Virginia.
Electoral history
- 1968; Daniel was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 54.59% of the vote, defeating Republican Weldon W. Tuck and Independent Ruth L. Harvey.
- 1970; Daniel was re-elected with 73.03% of the vote, defeating Republican Allen T. St. Clair.
- 1972; Daniel was re-elected unopposed.
- 1974; Daniel was re-elected unopposed.
- 1976; Daniel was re-elected unopposed.
- 1978; Daniel was re-elected unopposed.
- 1980; Daniel was re-elected unopposed.
- 1982; Daniel was re-elected unopposed.
- 1984; Daniel was re-elected unopposed.
- 1986; Daniel was re-elected with 81.54% of the vote, defeating Independent J.F. Cole.
See also
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- List of foreign recipients of the National Order of Merit
- List of people from Virginia
- List of United States representatives from Virginia
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)
References
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