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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | John W. Davis |
Address | Summerville, Georgia , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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September 12, 1916
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Died | October 03, 1992
(76 years)
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Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
Last Modifed | RBH Oct 12, 2022 04:13pm |
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Info | born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., September 12, 1916; attended the public schools; University of Georgia at Athens, A.B., 1937 and from the law school of the same university, LL.B., 1939; was admitted to the bar in 1939 and commenced practice in Rome, Ga.; served in the War Department Headquarters from July 1942 to December 1945, and assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps, serving for a time in South America; moved to Summerville, Ga., in 1946 and resumed the practice of law; solicitor general of the Rome Circuit from December 27, 1950 to January 1, 1953; elected judge of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit for six years, and served from January 1, 1955, until his resignation December 31, 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; was a resident of St. Simons Island, Ga., until his death on October 3, 1992.
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