Peter V. Daniel

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Peter V. Daniel
Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
From: March 3, 1841 – May 31, 1860
Nominator Martin Van Buren
Predecessor Philip P. Barbour
Successor Samuel F. Miller
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Party Democrat
Religion Episcopalian

Peter Vivian Daniel (April 24, 1784 – May 31, 1860) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. On the Court he was committed to a Jeffersonian government - that is, an agricultural economy and a limited role for government.[1] Daniel voted with the majority in Dred Scott v. Sanford, which ruled that, amongst other things, African Americans could not be citizens of the United States even if they were not slaves.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Peter Vivian Daniel (English). law.jrank.