Danaher, John Anthony, 1899-

John A. Danaher was born in Meriden, Connecticut on January 9, 1889. He graduated from Yale University in 1920 and was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1922. From 1922 to 1934 he served as an assistant United States attorney in Hartford and from 1933 to 1935 he was secretary of state of Connecticut. Danaher was elected to the United States Senate in 1938 and served one term. Following his defeat for reelection in 1944, he resumed his law practice in Hartford and Washington, D.C. He remained an active adviser to Republican election campaigns from 1945 to 1952. In 1953 Danaher was named to a circuit judgeship on the United State Court of Appeals in Washington where he served until his retirment in 1969.

From the guide to the John Anthony Danaher papers, 1916-1979, 1938-1953, (Manuscripts and Archives)

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