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August 11, 1924. Address Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination in Clarksburg, West Virginia. November 05, 1924. Telegram to President Coolidge Conceding the Presidential Election. November 05, 1924. Statement Conceding the Presidential Election. November 05, 1924. Congratulatory Telegram from Wife, Ellen B. Davis, to Grace Coolidge ...
The 1924 campaign of 1924 Democratic Party nominee John W. Davis is one of the most obscure of the twentieth century. Davis was defeated in a landslide by President Calvin Coolidge who had taken office upon the death of the popular Warren G. Harding. Relatively few promotional items were made to support the candidacy of Mr. Davis, and of those ...
This John Davis, a saddler by trade, was the father of John J. and the grandfather of John "W. Davis. He became sheriff of Harrison County and lived to see his two sons, Eezin Caleb and John J. Davis, enter the profession of law and as young men attain prominence. The latter was born in Clarksburg May 5,1835, and died there in 1916 at the age ...
The Democratic Party nominated former Congressman and ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis of West Virginia. Davis, a compromise candidate, triumphed on the 103rd ballot of the 1924 Democratic National Convention after a deadlock between supporters of William Gibbs McAdoo and Al Smith.
With clients including the House of Morgan and some of the largest corporations in the nation, Davis came to represent concentrated private economic power. This experience reinforced his ingrained economic conservatism and ab horrence of federal regulatory power. For several decades before his death in 1955, Davis was widely recognized as the ...
15 de oct. de 2012 · John W. Davis. Lawyer, diplomat, and presidential candidate John William Davis (April 13, 1873-March 24, 1955) was born in Clarksburg. He was educated at Washington and Lee, graduating from the university in 1892 and from the law school in 1895. He taught law at W & L from 1896 to 1897.
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.