Dana Malone

American politician

Dana Malone


Massachusetts Attorney General
In office 1906–1911
Governor	Curtis Guild Jr. Eben Sumner Draper
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

^ ^a ^b ^c Who's Who in State Politics. Practical Politics. 1908.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dana Malone Dies of Injury". The New York Times. August 14, 1917. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
^ Davis, W.T. (1895). Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Vol. 2. Boston History Company. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
^ "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.