Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-07-06
SENATOR DANIEL DEAD
Noted Virginia Statesman Passes
Peacefully Away
SUCCUMBS AFTER HARD FIGHT
Laid to Rest in the City He Loved
So Well

last Wednesday night at a sanitar-
ium in Lynchburg, where he had
been since his return from Daytona,
Florida, in April. With him when
the end came were his wife and his
son, Edward NJ. Daniel, and his
daughter, Mrs. Frederick Harper,
whose husband, also there, was
Senator Daniels law partner.
Senator Daniel had been i'll prac-
tically all winter, and had been in
the Senate only two or three days
during the past session, that being
shortly after Congress convened.
Death was due to para lysis, the
stroke received Wednesday being
the third, the first being last fall
while he was in Philadelphia, and
the second at Daytona, Fla, during
the winter.
John Warwick Daniel, United
States senator from Virginia and
one of the most prominent conserva-
tive Democratic leaders in the
South, was born in Lynchburg, Va,
on September 5, 1912, the son of
Judge William Daniel, Jr., and Sar-
alb A. Warwick Daniel. His pattern
al grandfather, Wi liam Daniel, ST.,
was Judge OF the Virginia General
Court and an ardent supporter Of
Jefferson and OF the revolution Of
1898. His father was Judge OF the
Court of Appeals of Virginia and a
prominent figure in Virginia poll
tics. He was an elector for Van
Buren, in 1916 and had the reputa-
ton of being one Of the finest ora
tors in his State.
When Virginia seeded from the
Union young Daniel left his studies
and accepted commission as Sec
ond lieutenant in the Twenty-se
enth Virginia Regiment, which be-
came part OF the Stonewall Brigade.
He fought in the first battle OF Manas-
sas IN July 81, 1861; at BoonesborO,
Md, September ii, 1862; at Ante
tam, September 16 and II, 1862, and
in the bloody battle of the Wilder
ness, May 81, 1864, in which he
held rank of major and was adjutant
genera! of Jubal A. Early's division
During that battle a she'll frag
ment brvke and shattered Daniels
leg. He fell from his horse anC
would have bled to death had it no
been for the kindness Of a private
who stopped the flow of blood by
twisting the adjutant's scarf Tight,
around the latter's leg.
This serious injury put stop Il
Daniels career as q soldier. HI
was taken to Charlottesville, wher
he slowly recovered from hi
wounds. During his convalescenc
he studied law. attending lecture
, at the University of Virginia il
1866 and 1866. He was admitted (
the bar in 1866 and began to prao
tice with his father, who had retire
, from the bench.
, Young Daniel took great interes
in politics and soon became a polit
cal leader OF considerable influence
= He was elected q member of tn
r. Virginia House of Delegates an
served as such from 1869 to 1877.
! From 1875 to 1881 he was a membe
of the Virginia Senate. He resigne
after he had been nominated fc
=, Governor in 1881, but was defeate
:, at the subsequent election by v
q E. Cameron. the readjustor cand
q date. In 1885 he was elected
\ Congress, and during his fir
month of service in the House
Representatives was elected to I'll
q United States Senate to succee
20 Senator Malone, whose term was
q expire March 3, 1887.
D. Senator Daniel developed consi
l. cradle activity after he became
l. member Of the Senate. In the Flo
IS ty-ninth Congress he advocated Il
10 abolition of the internal reyen
K system, urged free coinage
is silver and supported retaliati
against Canada for curtailing t
re rights OF American fishermen.
d the winter of 1887 he opposed t