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Joseph E. Daily (January 27, 1888 – July 1, 1965) was an American jurist. Born in
Manito, Illinois Manito is a village in Mason County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,552 at the 2020 census, down from 1,642 in 2010. On March 31, 2023, an EFU tornado struck northwest of the village. Geography Manito is located in northeastern ...
, Daily received his law degree from
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. Daily then practiced law in
Peoria, Illinois Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...
in 1909. In 1911, Daily was elected Peoria city attorney and was a
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. From 1926 to 1948, Daily served as Illinois circuit court judge. From 1948 until his death in 1965, Daily served on the
Illinois Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the State of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five ap ...
and was chief justice of the court. Daily died in a hospital in
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following surgery.'Illinois Justice Dies,' Racine Journal Times, July 2, 1965, pg. 2A


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1888 births 1965 deaths People from Mason County, Illinois People from Peoria, Illinois Yale Law School alumni Illinois Republicans Illinois state court judges Chief Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court 20th-century American judges Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court {{Illinois-politician-stub