William R. Day

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William Rufus Day (born April 17, 1849 in Ravenna , Ohio , †  July 9, 1923 on Mackinac Island , Michigan ) was an American diplomat , lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ). He has served as the United States Secretary of State and a Supreme Court Justice .

biography

In 1870, Day graduated from the University of Michigan . He settled in Ohio as a lawyer and later worked as a judge.

From 1897 to 1898 he was the 22nd Assistant Secretary of State under Secretary of State John Sherman . On April 28, he succeeded Sherman as Secretary of State under President William McKinley and remained so until September 16, 1898. As Secretary of State, he signed the peace treaty after the Spanish-American War . He was succeeded as Secretary of State by John Hay .

From 1899 to 1903 Day was a judge at the US Court of Appeal of the 6th District and immediately thereafter until 1922 an associate judge at the Supreme Court of the United States .

literature

  • Edward S. Mihalkanin: William R. Day. In: Derselbe (Ed.): American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell . Greenwood Publishing 2004, ISBN 978-0-313-30828-4 , pp. 149-162.

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personal data
SURNAME Day, William R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Day, William Rufus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat, lawyer, and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravenna , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1923
Place of death Mackinac Island , Michigan