Stephen A. Day

This article is about the US congressman from Illinois. For the British Member of Parliament, see Stephen Day (MP).

Stephen A. Day
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 (1882-07-13)July 13, 1882 Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Died	January 5, 1950(1950-01-05) (aged 67) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Resting place	Memorial Park Skokie, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Parent	William R. Day (father)
Occupation	Politician lawyer

Stephen Albion Day (July 13, 1882 – January 5, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Biography

Day was born in Canton, Ohio, the son of Mary Elizabeth (Schaefer) and William R. Day, who was a diplomat and jurist.^[1] Day attended the public schools at Canton, the University School at Cleveland, Ohio, and Asheville School in North Carolina. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1905, and subsequently served as secretary to Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1905 to 1907.

He studied law at the University of Michigan Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in Cleveland. He moved to Evanston, Illinois, in 1908 and continued the practice of law in Chicago. He served as special counsel to the Comptroller of the Currency from 1926 to 1928.

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

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVII. James T. White & Company. 1920. p. 353. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Google Books.
2. "U.S. At War: Sloppy Citizenship". Time. November 16, 1942. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
3. 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.
4. "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.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John C. Martin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large congressional district 1941–1945	Succeeded by Emily Taft Douglas