Dana Malone
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Dana Malone | |
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| 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 |
| Died | August 14, 1917 (aged 59)[2] |
| 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]
