Peter Vivian Daniel

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Born:
April 24, 1784, Crows Nest, Stafford county, Virginia, U.S.
Died:
May 31, 1860, Richmond, Virginia (aged 76)

Peter Vivian Daniel (born April 24, 1784, Crows Nest, Stafford county, Virginia, U.S.—died May 31, 1860, Richmond, Virginia) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1841–60). Daniel, born into a prominent Virginia family that had settled in the area in the early 17th century, was the son of Travers Daniel, a plantation owner, and Frances Moncure Daniel. He attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1802, but after one year he returned to Virginia, where he subsequently studied law under former Virginia governor and U.S. attorney general Edmund Jennings Randolph. In 1808 ...(100 of 398 words)