William Davis Daly

William Davis Daly

William Davis Daly (born June 4, 1851 in Jersey City , New Jersey , †  July 31, 1900 in Hoboken , New Jersey) was an American politician . In 1900 and 1901 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Daly attended public schools in his homeland. After that he worked for some time with iron plows. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1874, he began to work in Hudson County in this profession. Between 1885 and 1888, he was assistant federal attorney for New Jersey. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1889 to 1891 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . He was then until 1892 judge in the judicial district of Hoboken. Daly served in the New Jersey Senate between 1892 and 1898 . In July 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where William Jennings Bryan was first nominated as a presidential candidate. In the same year he chaired the regional Democratic Party conference in New Jersey. From 1896 to 1898 he was also a member of the state executive committee of his party.

In the congressional election of 1898 , William Daly was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Thomas McEwan on March 4, 1899 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his death on July 31, 1900.

Web links

• William Davis Daly in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Davis Daly in the database of Find a Grave (English)