Edward Laurence Leahy (February 9, 1886 - July 22, 1953) was a United States Senator and federal judge from Rhode Island. Born in Bristol, Rhode Island, he attended the public schools, was a student at Brown University in 1904 and 1905, graduated from the law school of Georgetown University in 1908, was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1908 and commenced the practice of law in Bristol. He was judge of probate court in Bristol from 1910 to 1939 and a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913. He was elected to the Bristol school committee in 1913 and served as master of chancery in the superior court. During the First World War he served as a first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the United States Army. From 1919 to 1948 he was administrator of State taxes and in 1939 was director of the State department of revenue and regulation. He was director of finance, a member of the State sinking fund commission, and from 1942 to 1946 the State retirement board. He was adviser to the State department of finance in 1948 - 1949. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) None Capital Providence Largest city Providence Area  Ranked 50th  - Total 1,214* sq mi (3,144* km²)  - Width 37 miles (60 km)  - Length 48 miles (77 km)  - % water 32. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Brown University is a university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Georgetown University is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest Jesuit university in the United States, having been founded on January 23, 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll. ... A bar association is a body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... Probate Court is a court found in some juridictions which is primarily concerned with the proper distribution of the assets of a decedent. ... The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower body of the Rhode Island General Assembly, and consists of 75 members. ... Court of Chancery, London, early 19th century The Court of Chancery was one of the courts of equity in England and Wales. ... In law, and more specifically, in the Anglo-American common law legal tradition, a superior court is a court of general jurisdiction over all, or major, civil and criminal cases. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... This article is in reference to the U.S. JAG Corps. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Historical Context A Sinking Fund was a device used in the 18th century to reduce national debt. ...

Leahy was appointed, on August 24, 1949, as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Howard McGrath and served from August 24, 1949, to December 18, 1950, a successor having been elected and qualified; he was not a candidate for election to the vacancy. From January 1951 to his death, he was a United States district court judge for the district of Rhode Island. He died in Bristol in 1953; interment was in North Cemetery. August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... McGrath (middle left) with Theodore Francis Green (right) and Harry S. Truman (far right). ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of the boundaries of the United States Courts of Appeals and United States District Courts The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. ...

References

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress