Daniel D. Barnard
Daniel Dewey Barnard was an American politician and a U.S. representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Barnard was the son of Timothy and Phebe Barnard. He attended the common schools and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821. He married Sara Livingstone in 1825; and married Catherine Walsh in 1832. He received the degree of LL.D. from Hobart College in 1834, Columbia in 1845, and Brown in 1853. He was also a member of the New-York Historical Society.Career
Barnard began practice in Rochester, New York, and was elected district attorney of Monroe County in 1826.Elected as an Adams to the Twentieth Congress, Barnard served as U.S. Representative for the twenty-seventh district of New York from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He traveled in Europe in 1831, and moved to Albany, New York, in 1832 and continued the practice of law. He served as a member of the state assembly in 1838.
Barnard was elected as a Whig to the 26th, 27th and 28th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1845. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. As a leading intellectual in the Whig party, Barnard gave a number of speeches, including to the literary societies of Amherst College in 1839 and to Yale Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1846.
Not a candidate for reelection in 1844, Barnard resumed his practice. He was appointed Envoy to Prussia and served from September 3, 1850, to September 21, 1853. He retired from active business pursuits in 1853 and engaged in literary pursuits, residing in Albany, New York.