Peter Vivian Daniel

Peter Vivian Daniel (born April 24, 1784, Crows Nest, Stafford county, Virginia, U.S.—died May 31, 1860, Richmond, Virginia) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1841–60). Daniel, born into a prominent Virginia family that had settled in the area in the early 17th century, was the son of Travers Daniel, a plantation owner, and Frances Moncure Daniel. He attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1802, but...