William H. Daingerfield | |
Office: | 106th Mayor of San Antonio |
Term Start: | 1838 |
Term End: | 1838 |
Predecessor: | John William Smith |
Birth Date: | 1808 |
Birth Place: | Alexandria, Virginia |
Death Date: | 1878 |
Death Place: | Prince George's County, Maryland |
Profession: | Lawyer |
William H. Daingerfield (1808–1878) was the one-hundred-and-sixth Mayor of San Antonio, Texas.
William H. Daingerfield was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1808.
Daingerfield attended the University of Virginia from 1828–1829, before becoming a lawyer in Maryland. He was also a farmer in the state.[1]
He was the one-hundred-and-sixth mayor of San Antonio, Texas (1838), a Texas Senator for Bexar County (1840–1842), Texas Secretary of the Treasury (1842–1844) and chargé d'affaires for the Republic of Texas in the Netherlands (1844–1845).[1]
He moved to Washington D.C. in 1860 to again practice law. 18 years later, he died in Prince George's County, Maryland.[1]