Marcus Daly

Who was Marcus Daly?

Marcus Daly was an American Republican Party politician, who served on the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders from January 2, 1963 to his death on July 25, 1968, and was a 1964 candidate for the United States House of Representatives.

Freeholder Daly was born in Long Branch, New Jersey.

He was a 1930 graduate of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He studied law at St. John's College in Brooklyn, New York and insurance at New York University. He received a Master's Degree in Political Science from Columbia University in 1949, and studied International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law. In 1961 he was awarded the title of Professor Extraordinary from the Pontifical University of Colombia. He had been on the faculty of Fordham University and was a professor of political science at St. Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Daly received the Grand Croix of Merit avec Plaque and Cordon of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1961 for his work in international social welfare.

In 1962, Daly was awarded honorary degrees from Monmouth College and St. Peter's College as a Doctor of Letters and a Doctor of Laws, respectively.