# Daniel Sheffey

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Daniel Sheffey
| image         =
| caption       = 
| state         = [Virginia](/source/Virginia)
| district      = [6th](/source/Virginia's_6th_congressional_district)
| term          = March 4, 1809 &ndash; March 3, 1817
| predecessor   = [Abram Trigg](/source/Abram_Trigg)
| successor     = [Alexander Smyth](/source/Alexander_Smyth)
| office2       = Member of the [Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Virginia_House_of_Delegates) from [Augusta County](/source/Augusta_County%2C_Virginia)
| term2         = 1822<br>Alongside Briscoe Baldwin
| office3       = Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from [Wythe County](/source/Wythe_County%2C_Virginia)
| term3         = 1808<br>Alongside Joseph Crockett
| term4         = 1800–1803<br>Alongside John Evans and Alexander Smyth
| office5       = Member of the [Virginia Senate](/source/Virginia_Senate) from [Botetourt](/source/Botetourt_County%2C_Virginia), [Grayson](/source/Grayson_County%2C_Virginia), [Greenbrier](/source/Greenbrier_County%2C_Virginia), [Kanawha](/source/Kanawha_County%2C_Virginia), [Lee](/source/Lee_County%2C_Virginia), [Monroe](/source/Monroe_County%2C_Virginia), [Montgomery](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_Virginia), [Russell](/source/Russell_County%2C_Virginia), [Tazewell](/source/Tazewell_County%2C_Virginia), [Washington](/source/Washington_County%2C_Virginia) and Wythe Counties
| term5         = 1804–1807
| predecessor5  = [James Patton Preston](/source/James_Patton_Preston)
| successor5    = Francis Smith
| birth_date    = {{birth date text|1770}}
| birth_place   = [Frederick](/source/Frederick%2C_Maryland), Province of Maryland, British America
| resting_place = [Staunton, Virginia](/source/Staunton%2C_Virginia), U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1830|12|3|1770}}
| death_place   = [Warm Springs, Virginia](/source/Warm_Springs%2C_Virginia), U.S.
| party         = [Federalist](/source/Federalist_Party_(United_States))
| spouse        = 
| children      = 
| website       = 
| footnotes     = 
| profession    = [lawyer](/source/lawyer) 
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'''Daniel Sheffey''' (1770{{spnd}}December 3, 1830) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Virginia](/source/Virginia).

==Biography==
He was born in [Frederick](/source/Frederick%2C_Maryland) in the [Province of Maryland](/source/Province_of_Maryland) to Johann Adam Schieffe, a cobbler, and his wife Magdelena Loehr of [Südwestpfalz](/source/S%C3%BCdwestpfalz), [Germany](/source/Germany). They had immigrated to the [Province of Maryland](/source/Province_of_Maryland) about 1764. Largely self-educated, Sheffey pursued classical studies. Apprenticed as a shoemaker in his father's shop, he spent his leisure hours observing nature and the mysteries of astronomy; upon attaining his majority, he walked to [Winchester, Virginia](/source/Winchester%2C_Virginia) and began plying his trade until he built up his resources. He moved to [Wytheville, Virginia](/source/Wytheville%2C_Virginia), in 1791.

He worked at his trade, all the while he attained a reputation for quick wit and immense intellect. Finally, he was received as a student into the office of [Alexander Smyth](/source/Alexander_Smyth), Esq. an eminent lawyer in that part of the state, and afterwards commander of the northern army during the War of 1812.
He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) July 1, 1802, and commenced the practice of his profession in Wytheville.
He moved to [Staunton, Virginia](/source/Staunton%2C_Virginia) where he continued the practice of law.
He served as member of the Virginia State House of Delegates 1800–1804.
He served in the Virginia State senate, 1804–1808.

Sheffey was elected as a [Federalist](/source/Federalist_Party_(United_States)) to the [Eleventh](/source/11th_United_States_Congress) and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817).  
On January 30, 1812,  he married Maria Hanson, the daughter of Lt. Col. Samuel Hanson of Mulberry Grove, Maryland and great-niece to [John Hanson](/source/John_Hanson), President of the [Continental Congress](/source/Continental_Congress). In 1814, Sheffey was elected a member of the [American Antiquarian Society](/source/American_Antiquarian_Society).<ref>[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlists American Antiquarian Society Members Directory]</ref>  He was again a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates in 1822 and 1823.

He died at the [Warm Springs, Virginia](/source/Warm_Springs%2C_Virginia) on December 3, 1830, while on his way from Greenbrier Chancery Court to his home in Staunton, Virginia. He was buried in the churchyard at [Trinity Episcopal Church (Staunton, Virginia)](/source/Trinity_Episcopal_Church_(Staunton%2C_Virginia)).

==Electoral history==

*'''1809'''; Sheffey was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 66.56% of the vote, defeating Democrat Republican [Francis Preston](/source/Francis_Preston).
*'''1811'''; Sheffey was re-elected unopposed.
*'''1813'''; Sheffey was re-elected unopposed.
*'''1815'''; Sheffey was re-elected unopposed.

==References==
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==Sources==
{{CongBio|S000317}}
*Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. 4, p.&nbsp;346, Thom. W. White, Publisher & Proprietor, Richmond, Virginia, June 1838

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| state=Virginia
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