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Day family of Ohio

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	Rufus Paine Spalding (1798-1886) — also known as Rufus P. Spalding — of Ohio. Born in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass., May 3, 1798. Great-grandfather of William Louis Day. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1849-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856 (Convention Vice-President; speaker), 1868 (speaker); U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1863-69. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 29, 1886 (age 88 years, 118 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Luther T. Day (1813-1885) — of Portage County, Ohio. Born in Granville, Washington County, N.Y., July 9, 1813. Father of William Rufus Day; grandfather of William Louis Day and Stephen Albion Day. Justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1865-75. Died in Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, March 8, 1885 (age 71 years, 242 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio.
	William Rufus Day (1849-1923) — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio; Washington, D.C. Born in Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, April 17, 1849. Son of Luther T. Day and Emily (Spalding) Day; married 1875 to Mary Elizabeth Schaefer (died 1912); father of William Louis Day and Stephen Albion Day. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1886-90; U.S. Secretary of State, 1898; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1899-1903; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1903-22. Lutheran. Died in Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, Mich., July 9, 1923 (age 74 years, 83 days). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
	William Louis Day (1876-1936) — also known as William L. Day — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, August 13, 1876. Great-grandson of Rufus Paine Spalding; grandson of Luther T. Day; son of William Rufus Day and Mary Elizabeth (Schaefer) Day; married, September 10, 1902, to Elizabeth E. McKay; brother of Stephen Albion Day. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1908-11; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1911-14. Lutheran. Died, from a heart attack aggravated by hot weather, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 15, 1936 (age 59 years, 337 days). Burial location unknown.
	Stephen Albion Day (1882-1950) — also known as Stephen A. Day — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, July 13, 1882. Grandson of Luther T. Day; son of William Rufus Day and Mary Elizabeth (Schaefer) Day; brother of William Louis Day; married to Mary Thayer and Shirley Spoerer. Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, 1905-07; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932; U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-45; defeated, 1938, 1944. Died in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., January 5, 1950 (age 67 years, 176 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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