Anthony W. Daly (September 27, 1904 – December 17, 1960) was an American judge, lawyer, and politician. Daly was born in

Alton, Illinois Alton ( ) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the ...

. He graduated from

Saint Louis University School of Law Saint Louis University School of Law, also known as SLU LAW, is a private American law school located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of the professional graduate schools of Saint Louis University. The University hosted a law school briefly fro ...

in 1930 and was admitted to the Illinois bar. He practiced law in Alton and served as the Alton city attorney. Daly served as the probate judge for

Madison County, Illinois Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a part of the Metro East in southern Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 264,776, making it the eighth-most populous county in Illinois and the most popu ...

and as master in chancery for Madison County. Daly served in the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

in 1941 and 1942 and was a

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. He also taught at the Saint Louis University School of Law and at

Shurtleff College Shurtleff College was a Baptist liberal arts school in Alton, Illinois until 1957. History Founded in 1827 by Reverend John Mason Peck (a Baptist missionary) as Rock Spring Seminary in St. Clair County, Illinois, and relocated to Alton, Illino ...

. Daly died at St. Anthony Hospital in Alton, Illinois from suffering a heart attack at his office.'Judge Daly Dies; Services Tuesday,' The Alton Evening Telegram (Illinois), December 19, 1960, pg. 1

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* 1904 births 1960 deaths People from Alton, Illinois Saint Louis University School of Law alumni Illinois lawyers Illinois state court judges Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub