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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaDaniel WALLACE
(1801-1859)
WALLACE, Daniel, a
Representative from South Carolina; born near Laurens, S.C., May 9,
1801; received a limited schooling; moved to Union County in 1833;
major general of State militia; studied law; was admitted to the
bar and practiced in Union and Jonesville, Union County, S.C.; also
engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of
representatives 1846-1847; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. Black;
reelected to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses and
served from June 12, 1848, to March 3, 1853; resumed agricultural
pursuits; died in Jonesville, S.C., May 13, 1859; interment in Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Union, S.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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