D. J. Daniels was a state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Alabama Senate in 1872 representing Russell County, Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1874 until being ousted for not being registered or having taken an oath. Daniels and Prince Gardner received more than 2,600 votes while the candidates who replaced them, W. H. Chamber and A. G. Jones, received less than 2,000.