William Louis Day

Born on August 13, 1876, in Canton, Ohio,[1] Day attended Williston Seminary (now Williston Northampton School) and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1900 from the University of Michigan Law School.[1] He entered private practice in Canton from 1900 to 1908.[1] He was city solicitor for Canton from 1906 to 1908.[1] He was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 1908 to 1911.[1]

Day was nominated by President William Howard Taft on April 6, 1911, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Judge Robert Walker Tayler.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 9, 1911, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on May 1, 1914, due to his resignation.[1]

Following his resignation from the federal bench, Day resumed private practice in Cleveland, Ohio from 1914 to 1936.[1] He was a member of the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey from 1914 to 1919.[2] He served as special counsel for the Ohio Attorney General in 1919.[2] He died on July 15, 1936, in Wade Park Manor, Ohio.[1] He was interred in West Lawn Cemetery in Canton.

Day was the son of Justice William R. Day of the United States Supreme Court, and Mary Elizabeth (Schaefer) Day.[2] Day was married to Elizabeth E. McKay, of Caro, Michigan on September 10, 1902.[2]

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