William Rufus Day

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1903 - 1922

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United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

Years in office: 1899 - 1903

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U.S. Circuit Courts for the 6th Circuit

Years in office: 1899 - 1903

Education

Bachelor's

University of Michigan, 1870

Law

Read law

Personal

Birthplace

Ravenna, OH

William Rufus Day (1849-1923) was an Associate Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the court by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt on February 19, 1903. He served until his retirement on November 13, 1922. Prior to joining the court, Day was a judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.^[1]

Day was one of three justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Roosevelt. He served duringThe Fuller Court,The White Court andThe Taft Court.^[2]

Education

Day received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1870. He received his legal education byreading law.^[1]

Professional career

• 1922-1923: Umpire, Mixed Claims Commission to Adjudicate War Claims against Germany
• 1899: Attorney in private practice, Canton, Ohio
• 1898-1899: Chairman, U.S. delegation to Paris Peace Conference with Spain
• 1898: United States Secretary of State
• 1897-1898: Assistant U.S. Secretary of State
• 1889: Recess appointment to U.S. District Court,Northern District of Ohio (declined)
• 1886-1887: Judge,Court of Common Pleas, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Ohio
• 1872-1897:Attorney in private practice, Canton, Ohio^[1]

Federal judicial career

Supreme Court

Day was nominated by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt on February 19, 1903, to replace JusticeGeorge Shiras. He was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 23, 1903, and received commission that same day. Day retired onNovember 13, 1922.^[1]

Sixth Circuit

Day was previously afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. He was nominated by PresidentWilliam McKinley on February 25, 1899, to a new seat created by 30 Stat. 803. He was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 28, 1899, and received commission that same day. Day served on this court untilFebruary 23, 1903.^[1]

See also

• History of the Supreme Court

External links

• William Rufus Day's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byWilliam McKinley
1897	Bradford •DeHaven •McKenna •Morrow •Purnell •Tenney
1898	Ewart •Lowell •Meek •Thomas •Thompson •Waddill
1899	Barnard •Clabaugh •Day •Evans •Fischer •Gray •Grosscup •Hook •Howell •Kohlsaat •McPherson • Shelby
1900	Boyd •De Vries •Hazel •McPherson •Severens •Trieber •Wanty
1901	Adams •Anderson •Archbald •Cochran •Humphrey •Keller •Wing

v • e Federal judges nominated byTheodore Roosevelt
1901	Baker •Jones •McDowell
1902	Anderson •Burns •Coxe •Gould •Hale •Holmes •Platt •Ray •Townsend •Waite
1903	Clabaugh •Day •Hay •Holt •Hook •McClelland •Morris •Pollock •Pritchard •Richards •Van Devanter •Daniel Wright • Francis Wright
1904	Duell •Holland •Hunt •Lanning •Reed •Shepard •Stafford
1905	Adams •Atkinson •Barney •Bethea •Booth •Cross •Dayton •Dodge •Finkelnburg •Kohlsaat •Landis •Lowell •McCall •McComas •Quarles •Sanborn •Seaman •Tayler •Whitson •Wolverton •Wright
1906	Buffington •Chatfield •Ewing •Farrington •Hough •Knappen •Lewis •Martin •Moody •Peelle •Robb
1907	Campbell •Cotteral •Dietrich •Dyer •Hundley •Munger •NoyesSaunders •Sheppard •Van Fleet •Van Orsdel •Ward
1908	Chamberlain •Purdy •Sanford •Sater •Young
1909	Foster

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Jeffrey Sutton  •  Raymond Kethledge  •  Amul Thapar  •  Eric Clay  •  Richard Griffin  •  Karen Moore  •  Joan Larsen  •  Stephanie Dawkins Davis  •  John K. Bush  •  John Nalbandian  •  Eric Murphy  •  Chad Readler  •  Andre Mathis  •  Rachel Bloomekatz  •  Kevin Ritz
Senior judges	Helene White  •  Alice Batchelder  •  Ralph Guy  •  James L. Ryan  •  Alan Norris  •  Richard Suhrheinrich  •  Martha Daughtrey  •  David McKeague  •  Deborah Cook  •  Julia Gibbons  •  John M. Rogers (Sixth Circuit)  •  Ronald Gilman  •  Danny Boggs  •  R. Guy Cole  •  Eugene Siler  •  Jane Stranch  •
Former judges	Damon Keith  •  Bernice Donald  •  Gilbert Merritt  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Boyce Martin  •  Julian William Mack  •  Harry Wellford  •  Robert Krupansky  •  Leroy Contie  •  Herbert Milburn  •  Albert Engel  •  Pierce Lively  •  Halmer Hull Emmons  •  John Baxter  •  William E. Miller  •  Howell Edmunds Jackson  •  William Howard Taft  •  Horace Harmon Lurton  •  Henry Franklin Severens  •  William Rufus Day  •  Loyal Edwin Knappen  •  John Kelvey Richards  •  Arthur Carter Denison  •  John Wesley Warrington  •  Maurice Donahue  •  John Weld Peck  •  Smith Hickenlooper  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Charles Harwood Moorman  •  Florence Ellinwood Allen  •  Elwood Hamilton  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Herschel Arant  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.  •  Henry Brooks  •  Clifford O'Sullivan  •  Paul Weick  •  Lester Cecil  •  John Peck II  •  Bailey Brown  •  Anthony Celebrezze  •  Bertram Combs  •  George Edwards (Sixth Circuit)  •  Thomas McAllister  •  Nathaniel Jones (federal judge)  •  Susan Neilson  •  Harry Phillips  •  David Aldrich Nelson  •
Former Chief judges	Alice Batchelder  •  Gilbert Merritt  •  Boyce Martin  •  Danny Boggs  •  Albert Engel  •  Pierce Lively  •  R. Guy Cole  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Florence Ellinwood Allen  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Paul Weick  •  Lester Cecil  •  George Edwards (Sixth Circuit)  •  Thomas McAllister  •  Harry Phillips  •

v • e Justices of theSupreme Court of the United States
Active justices	Chief justice:Roberts Associate justices:Alito •Barrett •Gorsuch •Jackson •Kagan •Kavanaugh •Sotomayor •Thomas
Senior justices	Breyer •Kennedy •Souter
Former chief justices	Burger •Chase •Ellsworth •Fuller •Hughes •Jay •Marshall •Rehnquist •Rutledge •Stone •Taft •Taney •Vinson •Waite •Warren • White
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