Icey W. Day | |
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| Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Attala County district | |
| In office January 1944 – January 1952 | |
| In office January 1932 –January 1940 | |
| In office January 1916 –January 1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1,1891 |
| Died | December 21,1955 (aged 64) |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Children | 2 |
Icey Wiley Day (July 1,1891 - December 21,1955) was a longtime Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,representing Attala County. He was blind.
Icey Wiley Day was born on July 1,1891,in Ethel,Attala County,Mississippi. [1] His parents were John Vandiver Day and Anne Elizabeth (Wilson) Day. [1] He was blinded at the age of 10 while playing baseball in Ethel. [2] At the age of 13,he entered the State Institution for the Blind in Jackson,Mississippi,and remained there until he was 19. [1] He then entered the University of Mississippi,where he received his L.L.B. in 1913. [1] He was admitted to the bar the same year. [1]
Day was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives,representing his native Attala County as a Democrat,for the first time in 1915. In 1919,he ran for the office of Mississippi Railroad Commissioner,but lost in the Mississippi 1st Supreme Court District primary election to George R. Edwards. [3] He was elected again for,and served,the terms of 1932–1936,1936–1940,1944–1948,and 1948–1952. [4] He was also elected in 1955,but died of a heart attack on December 21,1955,before taking office,which would have been on January 3 of 1956. [5] [6] During his tenure,he founded the Mississippi Industries for the Blind. [7]
Day was a member of the Baptist Church. [1] He married Gladys Allen in 1927,and they had 2 children together. [6] Day was the first blind man in the Masons of Mississippi. [6]