| 词条 | John Day (judge) |
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| name = John Day | image = | imagesize = | caption = | office = 2nd Chief Justice of Liberia | termstart = 1854 | termend = 15 February 1859 | nominator = Joseph Jenkins Roberts | appointer = | predecessor = Samuel Benedict | successor = Boston Jenkins Drayton | office2 = | termstart2 = | termend2 = | nominator2 = | appointer2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = 18 February 1797 | birth_place = Hicksford, Virginia, United States | death_date = 15 February 1859 | death_place = Monrovia, Liberia | alma_mater = | spouse = Polly Wickham }} John Day (18 February 1797 – 15 February 1859) was a Liberian politician and jurist who served as the 2nd Chief Justice of Liberia from 1854 until his death in 1859. Born in Hicksford, Virginia, Day was the brother of Thomas Day, a famed American furniture designer and black businessman.[1] After being licensed as a Baptist minister in 1821, he had planned to become a Baptist missionary in Haiti, but was unable to secure support among the Virginia Baptist establishment.[2] He traveled to Liberia in 1830 as part of the colonization effort by the American Colonization Society, where he was appointed by the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions as the head of their mission in Liberia.[2] In addition to his preaching, he also served as a farmer and merchant. Within one year of his family's arrival in Liberia, his wife and all five of his children had died of disease.[3] Day served as a delegate from Grand Bassa County to Liberia's constitutional convention and signed both of its Declaration of Independence and its Constitution.[4] In 1854, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Joseph Jenkins Roberts, serving as the second Chief Justice of Liberia.[1] He died in Monrovia on 15 February 1859. {{commonscat}}References1. ^1 Virginia Historical Highway Markers Search: UM-48 {{s-start}}{{s-legal}}{{s-bef|before=Samuel Benedict}}{{s-ttl|title=Chief Justice of Liberia|years=1854–1859}}{{s-aft|after=Boston Jenkins Drayton}}{{s-end}}{{LiberianChiefJustices}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Day, John}}2. ^1 Flowers, Elizabeth John Day, Southern Baptists, and the nineteenth-century mission to Liberia{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 3. ^Tyler-McGraw, Mary, Virginia Emigrants to Liberia 4. ^Allafrica.com, Liberia: National Flag Day 6 : Chief Justices of Liberia|Americo-Liberian people|1797 births|1859 deaths|People from Virginia|People from Grand Bassa County |
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