Dana Malone

Dana Malone
Massachusetts Attorney General
In office
1906–1911
Preceded by Herbert Parker
Succeeded by James M. Swift
Personal details
Born October 8, 1857
Arcade, New York [1]
Died August 14, 1917(1917-08-14) (aged 59)[2]
Greenfield, Massachusetts [2]
Political party Republican
Profession Lawyer
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. 1 2 3 Who's Who in State Politics. Practical Politics. 1908.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dana Malone Dies of Injury.". The New York Times. August 14, 1917. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  3. Davis, W.T. (1895). Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Herbert Parker
Attorney General of Massachusetts
1906 - 1911
Succeeded by
James M. Swift
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