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John W. Davis proved to all the world that the evening of life can be a period of productivity and progress. Resisting the ravages of time and the deterioration of disease, he worked 27 years after reaching the age of 65 and, as he probably would have wished, died on his feet while preparing to go to his office. In the annals of black America ...
Finally, on the 103rd ballot, the exhausted convention turned to John W. Davis, a former Congressman from West Virginia, former Solicitor General of the United States, and former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, as the presidential nominee. The Democrats' disarray prompted Will Rogers's famous quip: "I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"
John W. Davis John W. Davis walks outside the Supreme Court building, 1952. As a law student, Thurgood Marshall skipped classes to hear Davis argue before the Supreme Court. Courtesy of Supreme Court of the United States. November 21, 1952. Bulah v. Gebh ...
Elsewhere John W. Davis will be remembered because of the 1924 political campaign, his service at the Court of St. James, his friendship for Woodrow Wilson and the latter's great dependence upon him for advice, his work as a constitutional lawyer, and his ability as an orator. We Clarksburgers will remember him for those things too.
As with John W. Davis, Ralston had few enemies, and his support from men as divergent as the Bryans and Taggart cast him as a viable compromise choice. He passed Davis, the almost consistent third choice, on the fifty-second ballot; but Taggart then discouraged the boom for the time being because the McAdoo and Smith phalanxes showed no signs of weakening. On July 8, the eighty-seventh ballot ...
John William Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1924 but lost to Republican incumbent Calvin Coolidge.
13. Apr. 2024 · Dr. Stephen Broughton and his wife, Marcia, portraying John W. Davis and his wife, cut the birthday cake marking Davis’ 151st birthday during a celebration at the Clarksburg History Museum. Curator Marsha Viglianco, left, and volunteer Michael Spatafore, right, helped organize the celebration. Michael Spatafore discusses John W. Davis and his ...
