Dan "Danny" Dahill (September 28, 1919 – April 15, 2013) was an American lawyer and legislator. Born in

Glen Jean, West Virginia Glen Jean is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, near Oak Hill. As of the 2020 census, its population was 90 (down from 210 at the 2010 census). The area had been known as White Oaks, but when the ...

, Dahill served in the

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during

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. He graduated from the

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and received his law degree from West Virginia University College of Law. He practiced law in

West Logan, West Virginia West Logan is a town along the Guyandotte River in Logan County, West Virginia, Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 400 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. For unknown reasons, some sources report West Logan ...

and was the city attorney. He served in the

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(from 1957–61) and in the

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(from 1961–64). Dahill died in

Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell County, West Virginia, Cabell and Wayne County, West Virginia, Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The County seat, seat of Cabell County, the city is located at the confluence of the Ohio River, O ...

, aged 93.Obituary

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