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{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Daniel Roper |image = File:ROPER, DANIEL C. HONORABLE LCCN2016862513 (cropped).png |office = 5th [[United States Ambassador to Canada]] |president = [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] |term_start = May 19, 1939 |term_end = August 20, 1939 |predecessor = [[Norman Armour]] |successor = [[James H. R. Cromwell]] |office1 = 7th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] |president1 = [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] |term_start1 = March 4, 1933 |term_end1 = December 23, 1938 |predecessor1 = [[Roy D. Chapin]] |successor1 = [[Harry Hopkins]] |office2 =21st [[Commissioner of Internal Revenue]] |term_start2 =September 26, 1917 |term_end2 =March 31, 1920 |president2 =[[Woodrow Wilson]] |predecessor2 =William H. Osborn |successor2 =William M. Williams |office3 = Vice Chairman of the [[United States International Trade Commission|United States Tariff Commission]] |term_start3 = March 22, 1917 |term_end3 = September 25, 1917 |predecessor3 = ''position established'' |successor3 = Thomas W. Page<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c109423737&view=1up&seq=614&skin=2021 Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America v.52:1]</ref> |office4 = Member of the <br>[[South Carolina House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Marlboro County, South Carolina|Marlboro County]] |term_start4 = November 22, 1892 |term_end4 = November 27, 1894 |predecessor4 = ''multi-member district'' |successor4 = ''multi-member district'' |birth_name = Daniel Calhoun Roper |birth_date = {{birth date|1867|4|1}} |birth_place = near [[Bennettsville, South Carolina|Bennettsville]], [[South Carolina]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1943|4|11|1867|4|1}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Lou McKenzie|December 25, 1889|<!--Year omitted per current Template:Marriage instructions-->}} |children = 7, including [[John W. Roper|John]] |education = [[Wofford College]]<br />[[Duke University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[National University School of Law|National University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) }} '''Daniel Calhoun Roper''' (April 1, 1867{{spaced ndash}}April 11, 1943) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the seventh [[United States secretary of commerce]] under President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and was the fifth [[United States ambassador to Canada]] from May 19, 1939, until August 20, 1939.
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