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Dan Daniel | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1969 – January 23, 1988 | |
| Preceded by | William M. Tuck |
| Succeeded by | Lewis F. Payne, Jr. |
| Member of theVirginia House of Delegates fromDanville City | |
| In office January 13, 1960 – November 25, 1968 | |
| Preceded by | C. Stuart Wheatley |
| Succeeded by | Calvin W. Fowler |
| National Commander of The American Legion | |
| In office 1956–1957 | |
| Preceded by | J. Addington Wagner |
| Succeeded by | John S. Gleason, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wilbur Clarence Daniel (1914-05-12)May 12, 1914 |
| Died | January 23, 1988(1988-01-23) (aged 73) Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Resting place | Highland Burial Park Danville, Virginia 36°37′58.9″N79°23′22.9″W / 36.633028°N 79.389694°W /36.633028; -79.389694 |
| Nationality | American |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Dan River Textile School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Awards |  French Order of Merit Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, 1st Class |
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| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
Daniel commemorates the 40th anniversary of theG.I. Bill of Rights Recorded June 21, 1984 | |
Wilbur Clarence "Dan" Daniel (May 12, 1914 – January 23, 1988) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia, serving ten terms from 1969 until his death from a heart attack inCharlottesville in 1988.
He previously served as the National Commander ofThe American Legion from 1956 to 1957.
Daniel was born inChatham, Virginia on May 12, 1914. He grew up on a tobacco farm inMecklenburg County. He was educated in Virginia schools, and was a graduate of Dan River Textile School,Danville,Virginia. Danville, on theDan 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 Rivertextile mill, which was founded in 1883 and closed in 2006.
From 1939 to 1968, except for a period of service in theU.S. Navy duringWorld War II era, he was associated with Dan River Mills (present day Dan River, Inc.), the textile industry that operated a mill on theDan River. He advanced through the ranks of the textile business to become assistant to the chairman of the board at Dan River Mills.
He was elected commander of The American Legion's Department of Virginia in 1951, and National Commander in 1956.
He was elected to theVirginia House of Delegates from 1959 to 1968, was President of the VirginiaChamber of Commerce in 1968, and was a permanent member of the President's People-to-People Committee (nowPeople to People International).
He was elected as aDemocrat to the91st 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]
He died at theUniversity of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, on January 23, 1988, from anaortic dissection.[2] He was interred in Highland Burial Park in Danville, Virginia.
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