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John Burrwood Daly (February 13, 1872 – March 12, 1939) was a Democratic member of the
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Biography

Daly was born in
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, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants. He graduated from La Salle College High School in Philadelphia in 1890 and from the
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at Philadelphia in 1896. He studied law, was admitted to the
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in 1896, and opened a private practice in Philadelphia. He served as assistant city solicitor from 1914 to 1922. He was a member of the faculty of La Salle College from 1923 to 1930. Daly was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses and served until his death in Philadelphia at the age of 67.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, J. Burrwood 1872 births 1939 deaths American people of Irish descent La Salle University faculty Pennsylvania lawyers Politicians from Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania alumni University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania