John C. Davies (lawyer)
John Clay Davies | |
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Hamilton College | |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
| Board member of | New York State Assembly, State Board on Gas and Electricity |
John Clay Davies (January 1857 – January 10, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
He was born in January 1857 in
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida Co., 3rd D.) in 1887.
He was Deputy Attorney General under
New York state election, 1900. He was a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention. In 1902, he was the Republican candidate for Justice of the New York Supreme Court
in the heavily Republican Fifth Judicial District, but was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Watson M. Rogers. Even his party fellows had accused him of incompetence, and had favored the nomination of an independent candidate.
In 1905, he was appointed a Commissioner of the State Board on Gas and Electricity (State Lighting Commission) by Governor Frank W. Higgins.[4]
He died on January 10, 1925, in
Camden, New York
.
Congressman John C. Davies II (1920–2002) was his grandson.
Sources
- ^ New York Red Book (1900; pg. 52)
- New York Timeson December 30, 1893
- New York Timeson September 28, 1898
- New York Timeson June 6, 1905
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