Henry Daniel (March 15, 1786 – October 5, 1873) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in

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. He attended the public schools and then moved to Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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. Daniel was a member of the

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in 1812. He served in the War of 1812 as

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of the Eighth Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813–1815. After the war, he was again a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819 and 1826. Daniel was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the

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. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Mount Sterling, Kentucky in 1873 and was buried in Macphelah Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, Henry 1786 births 1873 deaths People from Louisa County, Virginia Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives People from Mount Sterling, Kentucky Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky 19th-century American politicians