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Dana Malone
Massachusetts Attorney General
In office
1906–1911
Preceded byHerbert Parker
Succeeded byJames M. Swift
Personal details
BornOctober 8, 1857
Arcade, New York [1]
DiedAugust 14, 1917(1917-08-14) (aged 59)[2]
Greenfield, Massachusetts [2]
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionLawyer
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

  1. ^ a b c Who's Who in State Politics. Practical Politics. 1908. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Dana Malone Dies of Injury". The New York Times. August 14, 1917. Retrieved 2010-04-14. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Davis, W.T. (1895). Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Vol. 2. Boston History Company. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  4. ^ "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. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Massachusetts
1906 - 1911
Succeeded by