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John Anthony Danaher
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1954
John Anthony Danaher , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. John Anthony Danaher (January 9, 1899 – September 22, 1990) was a United States senator from Connecticut, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Danaher narrowly defeated incumbent Senator Augustine Lonergan in the 1938 United States Senate election in Connecticut.
Education
- Yale Law School
- Yale UniversityA.B., 1920
Career
U.S. Army lieutenant, 1918; Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C., 1922-1953; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Connecticut, 1922-1934; Secretary of state, State of Connecticut, 1933-1935; U.S. senator from Connecticut, 1939-1945; Counsel, Republican Senatorial Committee, 1946-1953
Biography
John Anthony Danaher (January 9, 1899 – September 22, 1990) was a United States senator from Connecticut, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Danaher narrowly defeated incumbent Senator Augustine Lonergan in the 1938 United States Senate election in Connecticut.
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