Background
William H. Daingerfield was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1808.
William H. Daingerfield was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1808.
Daingerfield attended the University of Virginia from 1828–1829, before becoming a lawyer in Maryland.
He was also a farmer in the state. He was the second mayor of San Antonio, Texas (1838), a Texas Senator for Bexar County (1840–1842), Texas Secretary of the Treasury (1842–1844) and chargé d"affaires for the Republic of Texas in the Netherlands (1844–1845). He moved to Washington District of Columbia in 1860 to again practice law.
18 years later, he died in Prince George"s County, Maryland.