Daniel Bryan (Virginia politician)

Daniel Bryan
Postmaster of Alexandria, Virginia
In office
April 8, 1821 – 1853
PresidentJames Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Preceded byJosiah Watson[1]
Succeeded byTurner W. Ashby[1][2][3]
Virginia State Senator
In office
1818–1821
Personal details
Born1789
Rockingham County, Virginia
DiedDecember 22, 1866
Washington, D.C.
Resting placeOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Spouse(s)
Rebecca Davenport
(m. 1815; died 1816)

Mary Thomas Barbour
(m. 1818; died 1852)
Children5 (including Thomas Barbour Bryan)
RelativesJames 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.

  1. ^ a b "The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Alexandria, Virginia". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America". United States Senate. 1887. p. 66. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ^ Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States. United States Senate. 1887. p. 387.