Background
Daly, Edward James was born on March 29, 1892 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of James Richard and Catherine (Deegan) Daly.
Daly, Edward James was born on March 29, 1892 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of James Richard and Catherine (Deegan) Daly.
Bachelor of Laws, Cornell University, 1914. Doctor of Laws, St. Bonaventure U.
Admitted to Connecticut bar, 1915 and practiced in Hartford until 1937. Partner Forward & Daly. Assistant United States district attorney for Connecticut, 1922.
Attorney general State of Connecticut until 1937. Judge Connecticut Superior Court, 1937-1954. Associate justice Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, 1954-1958, chief justice, since 1958.
Judge in war crimes trials, Nurnberg, Germany, 1947-1948.
Served as Lieutenant A.S., Signal Corps. United States Army, World War I. Member American (vice president 1935-1936), Connecticut State, Hartford Company bar associations, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Club: Hartford Golf.
Married Viola Shea; children: Betty Ann (Mistress Theodore T. Horton), Edward James, Mary Lou (Mother Mary Anthony).