Henry Daniel

Henry Daniel ( born March 15, 1786 Louisa County, Virginia; † October 5, 1873 in Mount Sterling, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1833 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Daniel attended the public schools of his home in Virginia. Then he moved to Kentucky. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in Mount Sterling to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1812 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Kentucky. During the British - American War he served 1813-1815 as a captain in an infantry unit of the U.S. Army. In the years 1819 and 1826, Daniel was again a deputy in the State Parliament.

In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded by this. In the congressional elections of 1826, Daniel was the first electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1827, the successor of David Trimble. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1833 three legislative periods. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

After retiring from Congress, Henry Daniel withdrew from politics. In the following decades, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 5 October 1873 in Mount Sterling.

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