Daniel Laurens Barringer (1 October 1788 – 16 October 1852) was a United States Representative from North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 between 1825 and 1834.

Born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Cabarrus County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 131,063 people, 49,519 households, and 36,545 families residing in the county. The population density was 360 people per square mile . There were 52,848 housing units at an average density of 145 per square mile...

, Barringer studied law and practiced in the state capital of Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...

. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1813 and 1814, then again in 1819–1822.

In 1826, he was chosen in a special election to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant by the resignation of Willie P. Mangum. He was elected in regular Congressional elections to four succeeding congresses, serving in the national legislature from 4 December 1826 to 3 March 1835. He ran unsuccessfully for a fourth term in 1834, after which he settled in Shelbyville, Tennessee

Shelbyville, Tennessee

Shelbyville is a city in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. It had a local population of 16,105 residents at the 2000 census. Shelbyville, the county seat of Bedford County, was laid out in 1810 and incorporated in 1819...

. After leaving Congress, Barringer became a member of the Tennessee State House, where he was Speaker from 1843 to 1845; he was a presidential elector for Whig ticket of Henry Clay

Henry Clay

Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...

 and Theodore Frelinghuysen

Theodore Frelinghuysen

Theodore Frelinghuysen was an American politician, serving as New Jersey Attorney General, United States Senator, and Mayor of Newark, New Jersey before running as a candidate for Vice President with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket in the election of 1844...

. Barringer died in 1852 in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

Barringer was the uncle of Daniel Moreau Barringer

Daniel Moreau Barringer

Daniel Moreau Barringer was a Whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1843 and 1849.Born near Concord, North Carolina, in 1806, Barringer attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Graduating in 1826, he went on to study law in Hillsborough and was admitted to the bar,...

, also later a Congressman from North Carolina.