Arthur Hiram Day (February 1, 1890 – January 11, 1967) was an American lawyer, politician, judge, and college football coach. A

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, served two terms as an Ohio State Senator in the 1920s and a six-year term as a justice of the

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, from 1935 to 1940. Day was the head football coach at Trinity University in

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for one season, in 1912.

Biography

Day was born on February 1, 1890, at

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, to Hiram and Jessie Ayres Day. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University in

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, where he played football,

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, and

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, and ran track before graduating in 1912 with an A.B. degree. In August 1912, Day was appointed physical director and coach at Trinity University in

. Day attended the Case Western Reserve University School of Law for one year, graduated from

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in 1916, and was

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in June, 1916. He was

nominee for the

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in 1916. He was a captain in the

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from 1918 to 1919, member of the

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, 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

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in 1932. He was elected to a six-year term to the

in November 1934, and served January 1, 1935, to December 31, 1940. He ran in the Republican

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primary against

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in 1938, but lost. He ran for re-election to the court in November, 1940, but lost to

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. Day lost election for Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney in 1941, and was elected again to the Court of Common Pleas in 1942. He served four terms, was re-elected to a fifth but died before serving any of it on January 11, 1967. He died in Cleveland, and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Family

Arthur H. Day was married to Clara Loring on January 28, 1919. He later married Gertrude Medlin Bixby, who had two children and died in 1940. He then married Kathryn Mullen. Early in life, Arthur H. Day was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Masons,

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, and

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Head coaching record

References

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