John Burrwood Daly was a Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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J. Burrwood Daly was born in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from La Salle College High School

La Salle College High School

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 in Philadelphia in 1890 and from the University of Pennsylvania

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 at Philadelphia in 1896. 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.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard