Daniel Bryan (Virginia politician)
Daniel Bryan | |
|---|---|
| Postmaster of Alexandria, Virginia | |
| In office April 8, 1821 – 1853 | |
| President | James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore |
| Preceded by | Josiah Watson |
| Succeeded by | Turner W. Ashby |
| Virginia State Senator | |
| In office 1818–1821 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1789 Rockingham County, Virginia |
| Died | December 22, 1866 Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. |
| Spouse(s) |
Rebecca Davenport
(m. 1815; died 1816)Mary Thomas Barbour
(m. 1818; died 1852) |
| Children | 5 (including Thomas Barbour Bryan) |
| Relatives | James Barbour (brother-in-law) Philip P. Barbour (brother-in-law) Thomas Barbour (father-in-law) Charles Page Bryan (grandson) Barbour Lathrop (grandson) Bryan Lathrop (grandson) Florence Lathrop Field Page (granddaughter) Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne (granddaughter) Andrew Wylie (son-in-law) |
Daniel Bryan (1789 – December 22, 1866) was an American politician, abolitionist, lawyer, poet, and postmaster who served in the Senate of Virginia from 1818 to 1820 and as postmaster of Alexandria, Virginia for more than three decades.
Bryan married into the prestigious Barbour family in his second marriage.