He is known for introducing the Day Law, which mandated racial segregation in privately-owned educational institutions.

Prior to running for office, Day grew up in Frozen Creek, Kentucky located in Breathitt County.

He was a member of Sigma Nu as well as various other student organizations, and was compared to Demosthenes in his freshman yearbook for his apparent oratorical abilities.

Hutton has also pointed out that Day's only other bill was one which allowed timberland owners to deny right of way to adjoining lands, thereby making it impossible for smaller landowners to reach markets or bodies of water — a "final nail in the coffin for the (...) free-ranging mountain economy".

His funeral was conducted by the Elks Lodge and Knights of Pythias, after which he was interred in his family's cemetery in Breathitt County.