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  Daniel, Wilbur C. "Dan"
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NameWilbur C. "Dan" Daniel
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Danville, Virginia , United States
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Born May 12, 1914
DiedJanuary 23, 1988 (73 years)
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May 25, 2016 05:27pm
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Infoborn 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; elected to the Virginia house of delegates, 1959-1968; elected State commander of American Legion, 1951, national commander, 1956; President of Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, 1968; permanent member, PresidentÂ’s People-to-People Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1969, until his death in Charlottesville, Va., on January 23, 1988; was a resident of Danville, Va; interment in Highland Burial Park, Danville.


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  11/04/1986 VA District 5 Won 81.52% (+63.06%)
  11/06/1984 VA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1982 VA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1980 VA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1978 VA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1976 VA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1974 VA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1972 VA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1970 VA District 5 Won 73.04% (+46.08%)
  11/05/1968 VA District 5 Won 54.59% (+27.86%)
  11/07/1967 VA State House - Danville Won 79.36% (+58.72%)
  11/02/1965 VA State House - Danville Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1963 VA State House - Danville Won 99.63% (+99.27%)
  11/07/1961 VA State House - Danville Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1959 VA State House - Danville Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject
VA Governor - Nov 06, 1973 R Mills E. Godwin, Jr.