Daniel Chadwick

Daniel Chadwick (January 5, 1825 – November 23, 1884) was an American politician.
Chadwick, son of Daniel and Nancy (Waite) Chadwick, was born in Lyme, Conn., January 5, 1825.
He graduated from Yale College in 1845. After graduation he studied law in Lyme, with his uncle, the Hon. Henry M. Waite, and for one year with his cousin, Morrison Waite, future Chief Justice of the United States, in Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in 1847, and at once began the practice of law in Lyme, and continued there until 1854, when he removed to Baltimore. Two years later his father's death recalled him to Lyme, where he continued the practice of his profession.
He served as a member of the Connecticut State Senate in 1858, and of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1859, and again as a member of the State Senate in 1864, being thus twice ex officio a fellow of Yale College. He was State's attorney for New London County from 1861 to 1876, and from 1880 till his death United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. He died very suddenly at his home in Lyme, November 23, 1884, in his 60th year.
He married, March 21, 1848, Ellen, third daughter of Enoch Hayes, of Lyme, who survived him, with two sons and one of their two daughters.
This article incorporates public domain material from the 1885 Yale Obituary Record.