PETER V. DANIEL

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FULL NAME:
Peter Vivian Daniel

BORN:
April 24, 1784
Stafford County, Virginia

DIED:
May 31, 1860 (age 76)
Richmond, Virginia

EDUCATION:
Princeton University

HIGHLIGHTS:
1808:
Practiced Law in Richmond, Virginia 
1808-1810:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1812-1835:
Member, of the Virginia Council of State 
1836-1841:
Judge, U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia 
1842-1860:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

RESOURCES:
Encyclopedia Virginia
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Supreme Court Historical Society
Congressional Quarterly
Oyez

PORTRAITS: 

National Archives
Artist: Earl Clarke Daniel (U.S. Supreme Court Collection)