The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barnard, Daniel Dewey

​BARNARD, Daniel Dewey, lawyer, was born at Sheffield, Mass., July 16, 1797. His education was received at Williams college, and after his graduation in 1818, he took up the study of law in Rochester, N.Y., where he was admitted to the bar in 1821. He won a wide reputation at the bar of western New York. In 1826 he was elected district attorney of Monroe county, and in 1828 was chosen to represent his district in the 21st Congress. He then went abroad, and on his return made his home in Albany, N.Y., where he served one year in the state assembly. He was a representative in the 26th-29th congresses, 1839-'47. He received the degree of LL.D. from Hobart in 1834, Columbia in 1845, and Brown in 1853; and was a member of the New York historical society. In 1850 President Fillmore appointed him U.S. minister to Prussia, where he represented his country for three years. He died in Albany, N.Y., April 24, 1861.

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