John Anthony Danaher

Background

Danaher, John Anthony was born on January 9, 1899 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States. Son of Cornelius J. and Ellen (Ryan) Danaher.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1920; postgraduate, Yale Law School, 1922; honorary Doctor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1979.

Career

Law clerk White & Case, New York City, 1921-1922. Practiced Hartford, Connecticut, and Washington, 1922-1953. Partner law firm Danaher, Fahey & Poole, Washington, 1944.

Assistant United States attorney, 1922-1934. Secretary State of Connecticut, 1933-1935. United States senator, 1939-1945.

Counsel Republican Senatorial Committee, 1946-1953. United States circuit judge The United States of America Court of Appeals, Washington, 1953-1969. Senior United States circuit judge Hartford, Connecticut, 1969-1980.

Achievements

• Bar: Connecticut 1922.

Membership

Delaware Republican National Convention, 1944. Congressional aide Republican National Committee, 1945-1946. Executive director United States Senatorial Campaign, 1948.

Member President's Commission Internal Security and Individual Rights, 1951. Member President's Conference Administrative Procedure, 1953-1954. Director division special activities Eisenhower campaign, 1952.

Served as Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, 1918. Member District of Columbia, Connecticut, Hartford County bar associations, Beta Theta Pi, Elihu. Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).

Connections

Married Dorothy King, February 3, 1921. Children— John A., Robert Cornelius, Jeanne.

Father:

Cornelius J. Danaher

Mother:

Ellen (Ryan) Danaher

Spouse:

Dorothy King

child:

John A. Danaher

child:

Robert Cornelius Danaher

child:

Jeanne Danaher