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BARRINGER, Daniel Moreau, diplomatist, born in Cabarras County, North Carolina, in 1807; died at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, 1 September 1873. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1826, and admitted, to the bar in 1829. The same year he was elected to the state house of commons, and returned for several successive terms. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1835, and elected for three successive terms to congress, 1843-'9. He received the appointment of minister to Spain from President Taylor in 1849, and served until 4 September 1858, when he returned home and was reelected to the state legislature. In 1855 he declined renomination and retired to private life until chosen to represent his state at the peace congress in Washington (1861). After the war he was sent as a delegate to the national union convention in Philadelphia, August 1866.
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