Joseph E. Daily (January 27, 1888 – July 1, 1965) was an American jurist.
Born in
Manito, Illinois
Manito is a village in Mason County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,552 at the 2020 census, down from 1,642 in 2010. On March 31, 2023, an EFU tornado struck northwest of the village.
Geography
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, Daily received his law degree from
Yale Law School
Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by '' U.S. News & World ...
. Daily then practiced law in
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria Metropolitan Area in Ce ...
in 1909. In 1911, Daily was elected Peoria city attorney and was a
Republican
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* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
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. From 1926 to 1948, Daily served as Illinois circuit court judge. From 1948 until his death in 1965, Daily served on the
Illinois Supreme Court
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and was chief justice of the court. Daily died in a hospital in
Chicago, Illinois
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following surgery.
['Illinois Justice Dies,' Racine Journal Times, July 2, 1965, pg. 2A]
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1888 births
1965 deaths
People from Mason County, Illinois
People from Peoria, Illinois
Yale Law School alumni
Illinois Republicans
Illinois state court judges
Chief Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court
20th-century American judges
Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court
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