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WILLIAM R.
DAY was born on April 17,1849, in Ravenna, Ohio, and was
graduated from the University of Michigan, in 1870. After
privately reading law for one year, Day studied law at
the University of Michigan Law School for one year. He
was admitted to the bar in 1872 and practiced law in Canton,
Ohio, for the next twenty-five years. In 1886, Day was
elected to the Court of Common Pleas in Canton but resigned
after six months to return to his law practice. President
William McKinley appointed Day First Assistant Secretary
of State in 1897. On April 26, 1898, Day was elected to
Secretary. He served in that position until August 26,
of that year, when he was appointed as a delegate to the
Paris Peace Conference, which ended the Spanish-American
War. In 1899, President McKinley appointed Day to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Four years later, on February 19, 1903, President Theodore
Roosevelt nominated Day to the Supreme Court of the United
States, and the Senate confirmed the appointment four
days later. Day served on the Supreme Court for nineteen
years. He retired on November 13, 1922, and accepted an
appointment from President Warren g. Harding to serve
on the Mixed Claims Commission to settle outstanding claims
from World War I. Day died on July 9, 1923, at the age
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