Born on August 13, 1876, in Canton, Ohio,[1] Day attended Williston Seminary (now Williston Northampton School) and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1900 from the University of Michigan Law School.

[1] Day was nominated by President William Howard Taft on April 6, 1911, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Judge Robert Walker Tayler.

[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 9, 1911, and received his commission the same day.

[1] Following his resignation from the federal bench, Day resumed private practice in Cleveland, Ohio from 1914 to 1936.

[2] Day was married to Elizabeth E. McKay, of Caro, Michigan on September 10, 1902.