Daniel Agnew

Daniel Agnew (January 5, 1809 – March 9, 1902) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1879.

Early years Agnew was born at Trenton, New Jersey on January 5, 1809.

He received honorary Legum Doctor degrees from Washington College in 1864, and Dickinson College in 1880, both in Pennsylvania.

Family Agnew's father was a Princeton-educated doctor and his mother was part of the Howell family that was prominent in New Jersey affairs of that era.