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 1873 - 1955 (81 years)
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| Name |
Davis, John William [1] |
| Born |
13 Apr 1873 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
- Defense Attorney In Brown V. Board Of Education
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| Occupation |
- Partner Davis, Polk, Wardwell Attorneys
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| Occupation |
Between 1911 and 1913 |
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| Occupation |
Between 1913 and 1918 |
- Solicitor General Under President Wilson
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Between 1918 and 1921 |
- Ambassador To Great Britain
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| Occupation |
1924 |
- Democratic Candidate For President On 103Rd Ballot
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| Related to my family |
Y |
| _UID |
45D32DD8F8D242C6B03BC4BB8619ED846968 |
| Died |
24 Mar 1955 |
| Buried |
Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, NY  |
| Person ID |
I4680 |
Buyer, Stier and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
4 Aug 2012 |
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| Notes |
- Davis, John William, 1873-1955, American lawyer and public official, b. Clarksburg, W.Va. Admitted to the bar, he taught at Washington and Lee Univ. and later practiced in Clarksburg. He served as Congressman , U.S. Solicitor General , and ambassador to Great Britain . After 1921 he practiced law in New York City. He was nominated for President in 1924 on the 103d ballot, when, after a two-week deadlock at the Democratic convention, the forces of Alfred E. Smith and William Gibbs McAdoo agreed to compromise on a third candidate. Hampered by his legal affiliation with large corporations, Davis, even though he carried the South, won only 136 electoral votes and 8,386,500 popular votes. His speeches are collected in Treaty-making Power in the United States and Party Government in the United States .
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- [S770] W. David Stephenson, grandson of Christie Dulaney Solter.
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