Born: 1844
Party: Federal
Daniel was named after his grandfather, the Whig Statesman Daniel Gallatin, at the insistence of his mother (his father, Ignacio Vallejo, originally wished to name him Roberto). Leaving the family estates and properties to his younger siblings, Daniel sought out his future in the developing U.S. navy. He rose to prominence in the Spanish American war as a commodore in the Pacific fleet. The image of Vallejo standing calmly at the helm of the crippled USS Caroline became the national image of the naval war in the Philippines.
Major Issues: Naval power, universal public education, the FBI and law enforcement in the West, and minimum wage.