Dana Malone
Appearance
Dana Malone | |
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Massachusetts Attorney General | |
In office 1906–1911 | |
Governor | Curtis Guild Jr. Eben Sumner Draper |
Preceded by | Herbert Parker |
Succeeded by | James M. Swift |
Personal details | |
Born | October 8, 1857 Arcade, New York [1] |
Died | August 14, 1917[2] Greenfield, Massachusetts [2] | (aged 59)
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Lawyer Politician [1] |
Dana Malone (October 8, 1857 – August 14, 1917)[3] was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1893 to 1894 and a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1895 to 1896, District Attorney for the Northwest District from 1901 to 1905, and Massachusetts Attorney General from 1906 to 1911.[1]
As District Attorney, Malone was responsible for the prosecution of Euclid Madden, a motorman who upset the carriage of President Theodore Roosevelt and caused the death of William Craig, the first United States Secret Service agent to die in the line of duty.[4]
Malone died on August 14, 1917 in Greenfield, Massachusetts after being thrown from a horse and fracturing his skull.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Who's Who in State Politics. Practical Politics. 1908.
- ^ a b c "Dana Malone Dies of Injury". The New York Times. August 14, 1917. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ Davis, W.T. (1895). Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Vol. 2. Boston History Company. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "Opposes Pardon for Madden.; Attorney Insists on Punishment for the Man Who Upset the President's Carriage". The New York Times. May 8, 1903. Retrieved 2010-04-14.