Stephen A. Day | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large district | |
| In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 | |
| Preceded by | John C. Martin |
| Succeeded by | Emily Taft Douglas |
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| Born | Stephen Albion Day July 13, 1882 Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 1950 (aged 67) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting place | Memorial Park Skokie, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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Stephen Albion Day (July 13, 1882 – January 5, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Day was born in Canton, Ohio, the son of Mary Elizabeth (Schaefer) and William R. Day, who was a diplomat and jurist.[1] Day attended the public schools at Canton, the University School at Cleveland, Ohio, and Asheville (North Carolina) School. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1905, and subsequently served as secretary to Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1905 to 1907.
He studied law at the University of Michigan Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to Evanston, Illinois, in 1908 and continued the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois. He served as special counsel to the Comptroller of the Currency from 1926 to 1928.
Day was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. During his term, Day opposed U.S. involvement in World War II, claiming it would mean "national suicide" and "economic slavery".[2] His reputation suffered when his name was linked to Nazi agent George Sylvester Viereck. Day's book, We Must Save the Republic, was published by Flanders Hall, a small company with ties to registered Nazi agents. In an investigation of Viereck's links to Congress, Day was singled out as one of four who'd knowingly collaborated.[3]
Day resumed the practice of law in Evanston, Illinois, where he died on January 5, 1950.[4] He was interred in Memorial Park, Skokie, Illinois.
See also
References
- ↑ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVII. James T. White & Company. 1920. p. 353. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "U.S. At War: Sloppy Citizenship". Time. November 16, 1942. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ↑ Pearson, Drew; Allen, Robert; Committee, Fight for Freedom (January 1, 1941). "The Fifth Column in Congress: Washington Merry-Go-Round - Congressman Day's Book Linked to Nazi Agents, 1941". World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945.
- ↑ "Stephen A. Day, Ex-Member of Congress, Dies". Chicago Tribune. January 6, 1950. p. 16. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- United States Congress. "Stephen A. Day (id: D000160)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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