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    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...
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  • John W. Davis may refer to: John W. Davis (1873–1955), Democratic U.S. presidential candidate, 1924 John W. Davis (governor) (1826–1907), Governor of...
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  • John Davis may refer to: John A. G. Davis (1802–1840), professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, shot to death by a student John Aubrey Davis...
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    John Wesley Davis (April 16, 1799 – August 22, 1859) was an American physician and Democratic politician, active in the mid-1800s. He is best known for...
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    former Congressman and ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis of West Virginia. Davis, a compromise candidate, triumphed on the 103rd ballot of...
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    the 38th and 41st Governor of Rhode Island (1887–1888 and 1890–1891). John W. Davis was born at his family's farm house in Rehoboth, Massachusetts on March...
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    23, 2023, having received IPO application approval on September 20. John W. Davis's legal career is most remembered for his final appearance before the...
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    of a woman, Lena Springs, placed in nomination for vice president. John W. Davis, a dark horse, eventually won the presidential nomination on the 103rd...
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    After a fierce debate the Democratic Party nominated former Congressman John W. Davis of West Virginia, who although West Virginia was a border state whose...
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    serve a full term, defeating Democratic nominee, former Ambassador John W. Davis and Progressive Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. from Wisconsin. Coolidge...
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    (and adoptive son) of 1924 Democratic presidential nominee and lawyer John W. Davis. He was the father of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. Cyrus...
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    again in 1924, but the 1924 Democratic National Convention nominated John W. Davis. He was elected to the Senate in 1932 but was defeated in his bid for...
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    primaries) and State Senators Herbert Jones and Inman. Democratic nominee John W. Davis of West Virginia and Coolidge both spent most of their campaign attacking...
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    presidential ballot of the convention, but the Democrats nominated John W. Davis as a compromise candidate. Underwood declined to run for re-election...
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    non-Confederate state since Robert M. La Follette finished ahead of John W. Davis in twelve states in 1924. Utah was Perot's third-highest vote percentage...
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  • Morehouse, Davis formed associations with John Hope, Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Samuel Archer, Benjamin Griffith Brawley, Booker T. Washington, and W. E. B....
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    Michael W. Davis (born April 26, 1949) is an American mathematician, author and academic. He is a Professor Emeritus of mathematics at the Ohio State University...
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    1984 United States presidential election (category George H. W. Bush)
    1976 and the fourth time since the nomination of former Representative John W. Davis in 1924 that the Democratic Party nominated a private citizen for president...
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    government, Davis returned to his Idaho banking interests and also expanded his investments in mining ventures in the Northwest. Governor David W. Davis died...
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  • Julia Davis (née McDonald, died 1900), first wife of ambassador John W. Davis Julie Davis (born 1969), American film director, writer and actress This disambiguation...
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    circuses, and the 1924 Democratic National Convention, which nominated John W. Davis after 103 ballots. The building closed in 1925, and was replaced by...
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  • Knoxville guitar player Brandon Fisher began dating the cousin of John Davis. Davis began playing the drums in Brandon's band, The Used (not to be confused...
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    John W. Davis of West Virginia, over the Republican nominee, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts. Davis ran with Governor Charles W....
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  • 1848 John W. Davis (governor) (1826–1907), Governor of Rhode Island John Wesley Davis (1799–1859), 4th Governor of Oregon Territory John Davis (Massachusetts...
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    because of his name to serve as running mate to conservative easterner John W. Davis. The ticket was overwhelmingly defeated by Republican incumbent Calvin...
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    John James Davis (May 5, 1835 – March 19, 1916) was an American attorney and politician who helped found West Virginia and later served as a United States...
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  • Earl Warren, Burt Lancaster (in his final television role) as lawyer John W. Davis (loser of Briggs v. Elliott and the Democratic candidate in the 1924...
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  • John W. Davis (July 30, 1918 – December 25, 2003) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly...
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    factions agreed to compromise, nominating John W. Davis, who Libbey called a "competent nonentity"; Davis lost in the general election to incumbent Calvin...
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    Coolidge of Massachusetts, who was running against Democratic Ambassador John W. Davis of West Virginia and the Progressive Party’s Senator Robert M. La Follette...
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