Henry Daniel was a United States Representative from Kentucky

Kentucky

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. He was born in Louisa County, Virginia

Louisa County, Virginia

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. He attended the public schools and then moved to Kentucky. He studied law

Law

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 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Sterling, Kentucky

Mount Sterling, Kentucky

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Daniel was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Kentucky House of Representatives

The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve...

 in 1812. He served in the War of 1812

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