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  Davis, James C.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameJames C. Davis
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Stone Mountain, Georgia , United States
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Born May 17, 1895
DiedDecember 18, 1981 (86 years)
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Jun 06, 2023 07:05am
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Infoborn in Franklin, Heard County, Ga., May 17, 1895; attended the public schools, Reinhardt College, Waleska, Ga., and Emory College, Oxford, Ga.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga.; during the First World War enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served from December 24, 1917, until his discharge on January 11, 1919; served as a first lieutenant and captain in the Judge Advocate General's Department, Officers Reserve Corps; resumed the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives from De Kalb County 1924-1928; attorney for the Georgia Department of Industrial Relations 1928-1931 and for De Kalb County 1931-1934; judge of superior courts, Stone Mountain judicial circuit, 1934-1947; delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1948; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law; publisher of the Atlanta (Ga.) Times, 1964-1965; member, boards of directors, Salem Campground and De Kalb Federal Savings and Loan Association, Atlanta, Ga., where he resided until his death there on December 18, 1981; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga


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  09/26/1962 GA District 5 - D Runoff Lost 44.72% (-10.55%)
  09/12/1962 GA District 5 - D Primary Won 45.93% (+0.00%)
  11/08/1960 GA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1958 GA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1956 GA District 5 Won 59.20% (+18.40%)
  09/12/1956 GA District 5 - D Primary Won 68.01% (+42.07%)
  08/17/1956 US President - D Convention Lost 2.40% (-63.49%)
  11/02/1954 GA District 5 Won 64.38% (+28.77%)
  11/04/1952 GA District 5 Won 99.98% (+99.95%)
  05/14/1952 GA District 5 - D Primary Won 49.51% (-0.99%)
  11/07/1950 GA District 5 Won 99.99% (+99.98%)
  06/28/1950 GA District 5 - D Primary Won 68.53% (+37.07%)
  11/02/1948 GA District 5 Won 99.58% (+99.16%)
  09/08/1948 GA District 5 - D Primary Won 54.90% (+16.85%)
  11/05/1946 GA District 5 Won 61.64% (+23.36%)
  07/17/1946 GA District 5 - D Primary Won 41.28% (-10.25%)
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