Robert W. Daniel | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 |
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Preceded by | Watkins Abbitt |
Succeeded by | Norman Sisisky |
Personal details | |
Born | March 17, 1936 Richmond, Virginia |
Died | February 4, 2012 Jupiter Island, Florida |
(aged 75)
Resting place | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Sally L. Chase (div.) Linda Hearne |
Children | Robert W. Daniel, III Charlotte Bemiss Daniel Nell Daniel |
Alma mater |
University of Virginia (B.A.) Columbia University (M.B.A.) |
Profession | gentleman farmer |
Religion | Episcopalian |
Awards | National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal |
Military service | |
Service/branch |
United States Army Reserve Central Intelligence Agency |
Years of service | 1959 1964–1968 |
Robert Williams Daniel, Jr. (March 17, 1936 – February 4, 2012) was a Virginia farmer, businessman, teacher, and politician who served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican. He was first elected in 1972 and served until 1983.
Daniel was born in Richmond, Virginia. He was the son of Robert Williams Daniel, a bank executive who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, and later served in the Senate of Virginia and his third wife Charlotte Randolph Christian (née Bemiss).
He was a descendant of Peter V. Daniel, an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and, Edmund Randolph, who was the seventh Governor of Virginia, the first Attorney General of the United States and Secretary of State.
He graduated from the Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts and Woodberry Forest School, in Woodberry Forest, Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He then received a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University.