John A. Danaher
U.S. Congressperson
1899 – 1990
Who was John A. Danaher?
John Anthony Danaher was a United States Senator from Connecticut.
Born in Meriden, Connecticut, he attended the local schools and during the First World War served in the Student's Army Training Corps at Yale University and in the Officers' Reserve Corps. He graduated from Yale University in 1920, studied law at Yale Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Hartford, Connecticut.
He was assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut from 1922 to 1934, was Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1933 to 1935, and was a member of the State Board of Finance and Control from 1933 to 1935.
In 1938, Danaher was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican, and served from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1945; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944, and resumed the practice of law in Hartford and Washington, D.C.
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- Born
- Jan 9, 1899
Meriden - Also known as
- John Danaher
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Lived in
- Hartford
- Washington, D.C.
- Died
- Sep 22, 1990
West Hartford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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