Stephen A. Day
Stephen A. Day | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large district | |
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 | |
Preceded by | John C. Martin |
Succeeded by | Emily Taft Douglas |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen Albion Day July 13, 1882 Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | January 5, 1950 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 67)
Resting place | Memorial Park Skokie, Illinois, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
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Stephen Albion Day (July 13, 1882 – January 5, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Day was born in
He studied law at the
Day was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. During his term, Day opposed U.S. involvement in World War II, claiming it would entail "national suicide" and "economic slavery".[2] His reputation suffered when his name was linked to Nazi agent George Sylvester Viereck. Day published a book, We Must Save the Republic, through Flanders Hall, a small company with ties to registered Nazi agents. In an investigation of Viereck's links to Congress, Day was named as one of four federal politicians who had knowingly collaborated.[3]
Day resumed the practice of law in Evanston, where he died on January 5, 1950.[4] He was interred in Memorial Park, Skokie, Illinois.[citation needed]
See also
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Chief Justice)
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 10)
References
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVII. James T. White & Company. 1920. p. 353. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ^ Pearson, Drew; Allen, Robert; Committee, Fight for Freedom (January 1, 1941). "The Fifth Column in Congress: Washington Merry-Go-Round - Congressman Day's Book Linked to Nazi Agents, 1941". World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945.
- ^ "Stephen A. Day, Ex-Member of Congress, Dies". Chicago Tribune. January 6, 1950. p. 16. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- United States Congress. "Stephen A. Day (id: D000160)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress