Daly was born in Jersey City , New Jersey . He attended the public schools , and from the age of fourteen until he was nineteen was employed as an iron molder . He studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Hudson County , New Jersey . He was an assistant United States attorney for New Jersey 1885-1888 . He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1889 to 1891 , and a judge of the district court of Hoboken from 1891 until his resignation in 1892 . He was a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1892 to 1898 . He was a delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention , chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1896 and member of the State committee from 1896 to 1898
1896 Democratic National Convention
1896 Democratic National Convention
William Davis Daly