William Rufus Day
Personal
Birthday:
4/7/1849
Birthplace:
Ravenna, OH
Date of Death:
7/9/1923
Place of Death:
Mackinac Island, MI
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Canton, Ohio, 1872-1897, 1899
Judge, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, Ninth Judicial District, 1886-1887
Assistant secretary of state, 1897-1898
Secretary of State, 1898
Chairman, U.S. delegation to Paris Peace Conference with Spain, 1898-1899
Umpire, Mixed Claims Commission to Adjudicate War Claims against Germany, 1922-1923
Recess appointment to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1889; declined
Education
Name of School:
University of Michigan
Degree:
B.S.
Degree Year:
1870
Name of School - Second:
University of Michigan
Name of School - Third:
Read law
Degree Year - Third:
1871 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit
President Nominating:
William McKinley
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
02/28/1899
Termination Date:
2/23/1903
Termination Reason:
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Court Name - Second:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Commission Date - Second:
02/28/1899
Termination Date - Second:
2/23/1903
Termination Reason - Second:
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Third:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name - Third:
Supreme Court of the United States
Commission Date - Third:
2/23/1903
Termination Date - Third:
11/13/1922
Termination Reason - Third:
Retirement Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, March 9, 1903-March 17, 1912
Sixth Circuit, March 18, 1912-November 13, 1922