Background
Day, James Ozro was born on November 30, 1888 in Decatur, Mississippi, United States. Son of Samuel Marion and Eliza P. (Clark) Day.
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Education
Student Droughons School of Commerce, 1907, Mississippi Heights Academy, 1908-1910. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1912.
Career
Mistress Thomas James Bruister). Admitted to Mississippi bar, June 1912. In general practice of law, 1920-1928.
State senator, 27th District, Mississippi, 1928-1932.
Circuit Court judge, 1933. Assistant United States district attorney, 1938-1942.
United States district attorney, 1942-1948. Attorney, penal division Internal Revenue Service, United States Treasury Department, from 1948.
Appointed counsel for United States Senate Committee governing District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia, for term beginning January 1, 1945.
Achievements
Membership
Served in the United States Army, World War I, 1917-1919. Trustee Tutwiler High School, Delta State Teachers College. Member American Legion.
Mason (Scottish Rite).
Clubs: Lions.
Connections
Married Maude Barbara Reeves, October 1, 1918.
