DANIEL, Wilbur Clarence (Dan) (1914-1988)
Democrat of Virginia 
5th congressional district
Served in House 1969-1987
Biography
A Representative from Virginia; born in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va., May 12, 1914; grew up on a tobacco farm in Mecklenburg County, Va.; educated in Virginia schools; graduate of Dan River Textile School, Danville, Va.; associated with Dan River Mills, Inc., 1939-1968, except for period of service in the United States Navy during the Second World War; advanced through ranks to assistant to the board chairman; member of the Virginia house of delegates, 1959-1968; elected Virginia state commander of American Legion, 1951, national commander, 1956; President of Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, 1968; permanent member, President's People-to-People Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death on January 23, 1988 (January 3, 1969-January 23, 1988); died on January 23, 1988, in Charlottesville, Va.; interment in Highland Burial Park, Danville, Va.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
