David Walker Benjamin Barton (1801 – July 7, 1863) was an American politician.

Life

Barton graduated from

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

in 1821. He was a lawyer by profession, and had been a member of the Virginia Legislature. He was an earnest opponent of the southern secession, and his death is said to have been occasioned by the domestic distress which the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

produced. He died in

Winchester, Virginia Winchester is the most north western independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Winchester wit ...

, July 1863, aged about 61 years.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barton, David Walker 1863 deaths Virginia lawyers Members of the Virginia General Assembly Yale College alumni 1801 births 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American lawyers Southern Unionists in the American Civil War 19th-century Virginia politicians