Dooley was a graduate of Georgetown Law School. Early in his career, in 1916, Dooley became a judge, succeeding Willis Knowles, who was a murder victim, as judge of the Rhode Island Eighth District Court. He served in that post for a year before resigning. However, the title "Judge" stuck to him for the rest of his life.
Judge Dooley was a member of the Rhode Island General Assembly. As a state legislator, he fought to win approval for horse racepari-mutuel gambling in Rhode Island. On May 18, 1934, his bill passed the state legislature and, by a 4-1 margin in a special election, horse race gambling became legal in Rhode Island.
On August 1, 1934, 74 days after the state referendum,[1]Narragansett Park opened for horse racing. Walter E. O'Hara, a Fall River, Massachusetts industrialist, formed the Narragansett Racing Association and was named president and manager. Judge Dooley was appointed racing secretary. He later became president of the association in 1938, succeeding O'Hara,[2] and held onto the post until his death in 1960.
Dooley's son, J. Alden Dooley, took over as president after his father's death and ran the track until 1975. His son, James A. Dooley, Jr., took over until Narragansett Park closed in September 1978.[citation needed]
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^An Album of Rhode Island History by Patrick T. Conley
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