Arthur Hiram Day | |
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Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
In office January 1, 1935 – December 31, 1940 |
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Preceded by | William L. Hart |
Succeeded by | Gilbert Bettman |
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 25th district |
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In office January 3, 1921 – December 31, 1922 |
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In office January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Pandora, Ohio |
February 1, 1890
Died | January 11, 1967 Cleveland, Ohio |
(aged 76)
Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Cleveland |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Clara Loring Gertrude Medlin Bixby Kathryn Mullen |
Children | two |
Alma mater |
Ohio Wesleyan University Cleveland Law School |
Arthur Hiram Day (February 1, 1890 – January 11, 1967) was a Republican lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He was an Ohio State Senator and served a six-year term as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Arthur Hiram Day was born on February 1, 1890 at Pandora, Putnam County, Ohio to Dr. Hiram and Jessie Ayres Day. He received an A.B. Degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1912, and attended the Case Western Reserve University School of Law for one year, graduated from Cleveland Law School in 1916, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1916. He was Republican nominee for the Ohio House of Representatives in 1916. He was a captain in the Infantry 1918-1999, member of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War I, and was wounded in action August 5, 1918.
Day was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1921 and 1922, and served again in 1925. He was elected to the Cleveland Municipal Court in 1931, and to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in 1932. He was elected to a six-year term to the Ohio Supreme Court in November 1934, and served January 1, 1935 to December 31, 1940. He ran in the Republican United States Senate primary against Robert A. Taft in 1938, but lost. He ran for re-election to the court in November, 1940, but lost to Gilbert Bettman.