Editing Daniel C. Roper (section)

==Biography==
Daniel Calhoun Roper was born near [[Bennettsville, South Carolina]] to John Wesley Roper who was the leader of the 18th Regiment of North Carolina troops in the [[Confederate Army]].  After two years at [[Wofford College]] Roper attended [[Duke University]] (then called "Trinity College") and received an A.B. in 1888, and he received his bachelor of laws degree from [[National University School of Law|National University]] in 1901.

On December 25, 1889, Roper married Lou McKenzie. They had seven children: Margaret May, James Hunter, Daniel Calhoun Jr., Grace Henrietta, [[John W. Roper|John Wesley Roper II]] (future Vice admiral), [[Harry M. Roper|Harry McKenzie]] (future Major general) and Richard Frederick Roper.

Roper taught school for four years and then, in 1892 at the age of 25, was elected to the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] where he served for two years. He moved to Washington and worked as a clerk for the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce]]. From 1900 to 1910, he worked for the [[Census Bureau]], and then served as the clerk of the [[Committee on Ways and Means]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1911 to 1913.

Immediately following and through 1916, he served as first assistant postmaster general, and was chairman of [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s reelection campaign in 1916. He was the chairman of the 1917 [[U.S. Tariff Commission]] and served as [[commissioner of Internal Revenue]] from 1917 to 1920. He was a member of the District of Columbia Board of Education in 1931–32.