W. C. (Dan) Daniel

A Representative from Virginia. Born in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va. , May 12, 1914. Grew up on a tobacco farm in Mecklenburg County, Va. Educated in Virginia schools. Graduate of Dan River Textile School, Danville, Va. Associated with Dan River Mills, Inc. , 1939-1968, except for period of service in the United States Navy during the Second World War. Advanced through ranks to assistant to the board chairman. Member of the Virginia house of delegates, 1959-1968. Elected Virginia state commander of American Legion, 1951, national commander, 1956. President of Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, 1968. Permanent member, President's People-to-People Committee. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death on January 23, 1988 (January 3, 1969-January 23, 1988). Died on January 23, 1988, in Charlottesville, Va. Interment in Highland Burial Park, Danville, Va.