Editing Daniel Jenifer (section)

{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Daniel Jenifer
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| caption             = 
| office              = 2nd [[United States Ambassador to Austria|United States Minister to the Austrian Empire]]
| president           = [[John Tyler]] <br />[[James K. Polk]]
| term_start          = August 27, 1841
| term_end            = July 7, 1845
| preceded            = [[Henry A. P. Muhlenberg]]
| succeeded           = [[Henry R. Jackson]]
| state2              = [[Maryland]]
| district2           = [[Maryland's 7th congressional district|7th]]
| term_start2         = March 4, 1835
| term_end2           = March 3, 1841
| preceded2           = [[Francis Thomas]]
| succeeded2          = [[Augustus Rhodes Sollers]]
| state3              = [[Maryland]]
| district3           = [[Maryland's 1st congressional district|1st]]
| term_start3         = March 4, 1831
| term_end3           = March 3, 1833
| preceded3           = [[Clement Dorsey]]
| succeeded3          = [[Littleton Purnell Dennis]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1791|04|15}}
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1855|12|18|1791|04|15}}
| birth_place         = [[Charles County, Maryland]]
| death_place         = [[Port Tobacco Village, Maryland]]
| party               = [[National Republican Party|Anti-Jacksonian]], [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| relations           = [[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]] (uncle)<br>[[John Campbell (1765-1828)|John Campbell]] (father-in-law)
}}

'''Daniel Jenifer''' (April 15, 1791 – December 18, 1855) was an American lawyer and statesman from [[Charles County, Maryland]]. He was also the nephew of [[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]. He graduated from [[Charlotte Hall Military Academy]]. He represented [[Maryland]]'s [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 1|1st Congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congress]] in 1831–1833 and the [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 7|7th district]] from 1835 to 1841. From 1841 to 1845 he served as U.S. Minister to the [[Austrian Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vienna.usembassy.gov/en/embassy/former_amb.htm |title=FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS TO AUSTRIA |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Vienna |accessdate=2008-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907233404/http://vienna.usembassy.gov/en/embassy/former_amb.htm |archivedate=September 7, 2008 }}</ref>

His uncle, [[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]], was a signer of the [[United States Constitution]]. His family home was known as [[Retreat (Port Tobacco, Maryland)|Retreat]] and is located in [[Port Tobacco, Maryland|Port Tobacco]], Maryland.<ref>{{cite web|url={{MHT url|id=1012}} |title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-06-08|work= Retreat, Charles County|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref>