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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkBARNARD, Daniel Dewey
(1797—1861)
BARNARD, Daniel Dewey, a Representative from New York; born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., July 16, 1797; attended the common schools and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1818; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and began practice in Rochester, N.Y.; prosecuting attorney of Monroe County in 1826; elected as an Adams to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; traveled in Europe in 1831; moved to Albany, N.Y., in 1832 and continued the practice of law; member of the State assembly in 1838; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1844; appointed Minister to Prussia and served from September 3, 1850, to September 21, 1853; retired from active business pursuits in 1853 and engaged in literary pursuits; died in Albany, N.Y., April 24, 1861; interment in Albany Rural Cemetery.
Bibliography
Penney, Sherry. Patrician in Politics: Daniel Dewey Barnard of New York
. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1974.
Barnard, Daniel Dewey. An address delivered before the literary societies of Geneva college, at the annual commencement of that institution, August 6, 1834
. Albany: Printed by Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1834.
———. An address delivered before the Philoclean and Peithessopian societies of Rutgers College
. Albany: Printed by Hoffman & White, 1837.
———. An address to the class of graduates of the Albany medical college
. Albany: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen and co., 1846.
———. Anniversary address, delivered before the American institute at the Tabernacle
. New-York: J. Van Norden & co., printers, 1843.
———. The dangers of disunion: A letter from Hon. Daniel D. Barnard, of Albany
. [Albany: n.p., 1860.]
———. A discourse delivered before the Senate of Union College, on the 24th day of July, 1843
. Albany: Printed by Weed & Parsons, 1843.
———. A discourse on the life, services and character of Stephen Van Rensselaer
. Albany: Printed by Hoffman & White, 1839.
———. From the American review: The
‘’Anti-rent” movement and outbreak in New York
. Albany: Printed by Weed and Parsons, 1846.
———. An introductory address delivered before the Young men’s association for mutual improvement, of the city of Albany, on the 7th January, 1834
. Albany: Printed by Packard and Van Beathuysen, 1834.
———. A letter from The Hon. D. D. Barnard, addressed to the Hon. Erastus Brooks, Senator, c., on the proceedings against Trinity church, now pending in the senate of the state
. Albany: N.p., 1857.
———. A plea for social and popular repose: being an address delivered before the Philomathean and Eucleian societies of the University of the city of New York, July 1, 1845
. New-York: Tribune job printing establishment, 1845.
———. The sovereignty of the states over their navigable waters. : Argument of Daniel D. Barnard, in the Albany Bridge Case
... Albany: Atlas & Argus Print., 1860.
———. Speech of Mr. Barnard, of New York, in the House of representatives of the United States, December 29, 1843, and January 2, 1844. On the bill to refund the fine imposed upon General Jackson
. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1844.
Penney, Sherry H. “Dissension in the Whig Ranks: Daniel Dewey Barnard versus Thurlow Weed.” New-York Historical Society Quarterly
59 (January 1975): 71-92.
———. Patrician in Politics: Daniel Dewey Barnard of New York.
Port Washington and New York: Kennikat Press, 1974.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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