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Encyclopedia > John William Davis

John William Davis (April 13, 1873 — March 24, 1955) was an American politician. He was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States during the 1924 presidential election, losing to Republican candidate Calvin Coolidge.


Davis was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. His father was John James Davis. He represented West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913. He served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1913 to 1918 and as an ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1921. He was also a constitutional lawyer, arguing 140 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, more than anyone had argued to that time. His legal career is most notable for his defense of the "separate but equal" doctrine in the Brown v. Board of Education case.


External links

  • Congressional biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000121)
  • Washington and Lee University biography (http://lawlibrary.wlu.edu/faculty/history/davis.htm)


Preceded by:
James M. Cox		 Democratic Party Presidential candidate
1924 (lost)		 Succeeded by:
Al Smith



  Results from FactBites:
 
USDOJ: OSG: John William Davis, Solicitor General (270 words)
John William Davis was born April 13, 1873, in Clarksburg, W.Va. His father was John James Davis.
Davis was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1895 but returned to his birthplace two years later.
In 1899 he was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates and in 1910 to the U.S. House of Representatives.
John W. Davis at AllExperts (692 words)
Davis was a dark horse candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in both 1920 and 1924.
Davis was one of the most prominent and successful lawyers of the first half of the twentieth century, arguing 140 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, more than anyone had argued to that time.
Davis not only brought his great talents as an advocate to the defense of racial segregation but, uncharacteristically, displayed his emotions in arguing that South Carolina had shown good faith in attempting to eliminate any inequality between fl and white schools and should be allowed to continue to do so without judicial intervention.
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