Graduate of the University of Michigan, later U.S. Secretary of State.
From the description of Draft of telegram, ca. 1898. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418613
Lawyer, U.S. secretary of state, U.S. Supreme Court justice, and U.S. Court of Appeals judge.
From the description of William R. Day papers, 1820-1923 (bulk 1897-1917). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81305070
Biographical Note
1849, Apr. 17
Born, Ravenna, Ohio
1870
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1870
1871
Read law, Ravenna, Ohio
1871
1872
Studied law, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1872
Admitted to bar of Ohio
Began law practice, Canton, Ohio
1875
Married Mary Elizabeth Schaefer (died 1912)
1886
Elected judge of the court of common pleas, Ohio
1889
Appointed United States district judge for northern Ohio;
resigned before taking office because of ill health
1893
One of a group that extracted William McKinley from financial
embarrassment
1897
Appointed first assistant to Secretary of State John
Sherman
1898
Appointed and resigned as secretary of state
1898
1899
Served with commission appointed to make peace with
Spain
1899
1903
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit
1903
1922
Associate justice, United States Supreme Court
1922
1923
Umpire in Mixed Claims Commission chosen to pass upon claims
of American citizens against Germany
1923, July 9
Died, Mackinac Island, Mich.
From the guide to the William R. Day Papers, 1820-1923, (bulk 1897-1917), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)