William R. Day

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William R. Day was an American diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State, and later Associate Justice of the Supreme Court who played a key role in ending the Spanish–American War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
diplomat
human
judge
appointedBy Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
burialPlace West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio
child Luther Day Jr.
William Louis Day NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1849-04-17
dateOfDeath 1923-07-09
educatedAt University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School
endTime 1898-09-16 (as U.S. Secretary of State)
1922-11-13 (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
familyName Day
father Luther Day
givenName William
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
nativeLanguage English
nominatedBy Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
notableCase Lochner-era antitrust decisions
Northern Securities Co. v. United States
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
notableWork negotiation of the Treaty of Paris (1898)
occupation diplomat
judge
lawyer
politician
participantIn Spanish–American War (diplomatic settlement)
negotiations ending the Spanish–American War
placeOfBirth Ravenna, Ohio NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Mackinac Island, Michigan
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
United States Assistant Secretary of State
United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Secretary of State
religion Presbyterianism
residence Canton, Ohio NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Elizabeth Schaefer NERFINISHED
startTime 1898-04-26 (as U.S. Secretary of State)
1903-12-23 (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
workLocation Canton, Ohio NERFINISHED

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Treaty of Paris (1898)
signedByRepresentative
Henry Billings Brown ("William Rufus Day")
successor

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