Daniel D. Barnard

Daniel Dewey Barnard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 27th district
In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Preceded by	Moses Hayden
Succeeded by	Timothy Childs
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th district
In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Albert Gallup
Succeeded by	Jeremiah Russell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 13th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by	Thomas A. Tomlinson
Succeeded by	Bradford R. Wood
United States Envoy to Prussia
In office September 3, 1850 – September 21, 1853
Preceded by	Edward A. Hannegan
Succeeded by	Peter D. Vroom
Personal details
Born	July 16, 1797 Sheffield, Massachusetts
Died	April 24, 1861 (aged 63)
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Adams Whig
Spouse(s)	Sara Livingstone Barnard Catherine Walsh Barnard
Alma mater	Williams College
Profession	lawyer politician

Daniel Dewey Barnard (July 16, 1797 – April 24, 1861) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Barnard was the son of Timothy and Phebe (Dewey) Barnard. He attended the common schools and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1818. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1821. He married Sara Livingstone in 1825; and married Catherine Walsh in 1832.^[1]

Career

Barnard began practice in Rochester, New York, and served as prosecuting attorney of Monroe County in 1826.

Elected as an Adams to the Twentieth Congress, Barnard served as U.S. Representative for the twenty-seventh district of New York from March 4, 1827 to March 4, 1829. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. Hr traveled in Europe in 1831, and moved to Albany, New York, in 1832 and continued the practice of law. He served as member of the State assembly in 1838.

Barnard was elected as a Whig to the 26th, 27th and 28th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1845. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-seventh Congress). As a leading intellectual in the Whig party, Barnard gave a number of speeches, including to the literary societies of Amherst College in 1839^[2] and to Yale Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1846.

Not a candidate for reelection in 1844, Barnard resumed his practice. He was appointed Envoy to Prussia and served from September 3, 1850, to September 21, 1853.^[3] He retired from active business pursuits in 1853 and engaged in literary pursuits, residing in Albany, New York.

Death

Barnard died in Albany, New York, on April 24, 1861 (age 63 years, 282 days). He is interred at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York where he had given the dedication address in 1844.^[4]

References

1. "Daniel D. Barnard". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
2. Daniel Barnard, An Address Delivered at Amherst ... August 27, 1839
3. "Daniel D. Barnard". United States Department of State. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
4. Alfred L. Brophy, "These Great and Beautiful Republics of the Dead": Public Constitutionalism and the Antebellum Cemetery

Bibliography

• Penney, Sherry. Patrician in Politics: Daniel Dewey Barnard of New York. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1974.

External links

• United States Congress. "Daniel D. Barnard (id: B000152)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Daniel Dewey Barnard at Find-A-Grave