Background
Daniel, Henry was born on March 15, 1786 in Louisa County, Virginia, United States.
United States representative politician
Daniel, Henry was born on March 15, 1786 in Louisa County, Virginia, United States.
He attended the public schools and then moved to Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.
He served in the War of 1812 as captain of the Eighth Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813–1815. Daniel was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress.
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.
He died in Mount Sterling, Kentucky in 1873 and was buried in Macphelah Cemetery.
Daniel was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1812. After the war, he was again a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819 and 1826.