John Anthony Danaher

Born: January 9, 1899
Meriden, Connecticut

Died: September 22, 1990
West Hartford, Connecticut

John Anthony Danaher

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Received a recess appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower on October 1, 1953, to a seat vacated by James M. Proctor; nominated to the same position by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 11, 1954. Confirmed by the Senate on March 30, 1954, and received commission on March 31, 1954. Assumed senior status on January 22, 1969. Service terminated on September 22, 1990, due to death.

Education:

Yale Law School Yale University, A.B., 1920

Professional Career:

U.S. Army lieutenant, 1918
Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C., 1922-1953
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Connecticut, 1922-1934
Secretary of state, State of Connecticut, 1933-1935
U.S. senator from Connecticut, 1939-1945
Counsel, Republican Senatorial Committee, 1946-1953

Yale University Sterling Memorial Library, New Haven, Conn.

  • Papers, 1916-1979.
  • 29.5 linear ft. (74 boxes); finding aid; collection consists primarily of Danaher’s senatorial files, which include political and constituent correspondence, speeches, background material, and copies of legislation.
  • Edwin Montefiore Borchard papers, 1910-1950; 61 linear ft. (148 boxes); finding aid; correspondence.
  • Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (Hartford and Connecticut Chapters) papers, 1939- 1944; 1.5 linear ft. (4 boxes); finding aid; material relating to Danaher’s 1944 Connecticut U.S. senatorial campaign.
  • Albert Galloway Keller papers, 1888-1956; 26.5 linear ft. (59 boxes); finding aid; restricted; correspondence.
  • Florence Ledyard Cross Kitchelt papers, 1909-1947; 9 linear ft. (25 boxes); finding aid; correspondence.
  • Russell Cornell Leffingwell papers, 1883-1979; 4 linear ft. (12 boxes); finding aid; restricted; correspondence.
  • George Howard Edward Smith papers, 1917-1962; 31 linear ft. (82 boxes); finding aid; correspondence.
  • Harold Phelps Stokes papers, 1908-1969; 9.5 linear ft. (18 boxes); finding aid; correspondence.
  • Charles-Edward Amory Winslow papers, 1874-1977; 68.25 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn.

  • Charles Levin correspondence, 1916-1949; 119 items; correspondence

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

  • Albert Edmund Waugh papers, 1926-1970; 15 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

  • Harold Leventhal papers, 1932-1980; 94 linear ft. (80,000 items); finding aid; restricted; correspondence.
  • Elijah Barrett Prettyman papers, 1901-1971; 62 linear ft. (57,000 items); finding aid; correspondence.
Judges of the D.C. Circuit Courts