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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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    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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    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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    the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses." John W. Davis's legal career is most remembered for his final appearance before the...
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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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  • 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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    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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    (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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  • 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 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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  • Davis (college president) (1888–1980), African American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader John Davis (disambiguation) John W....
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Thomas William Davis (born August 18, 1972) is an American financial executive. From 2005 to 2011, Davis was the head of external affairs and chief spokesperson...
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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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    Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from...
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    of John J. Turner (1858–1937), who knew Davis from Mr. Turner's time at Casco Castle in South Freeport, Maine, from 1902 to 1911. Cyrus W. Davis' death...
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    Matthew Wadsworth Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his roles as Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde, Adam Hillman...
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    Of Human Bondage (1934 film) (category Films based on works by W. Somerset Maugham)
    a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • Clarksburg, West Virginia, to lawyer and statesman John W. Davis and Julia Leavell McDonald Davis. She attended Wellesley College, and graduated from...
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  • charged with involvement in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. Davis, a childhood friend of N.W.A. frontman Eazy-E, claims that he was in the vehicle with...
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    voted for president and vice president. Mississippi was won easily by John W. Davis of West Virginia over incumbent president Calvin Coolidge and Progressive...
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  • 1924 presidential election because the Democratic presidential nominee John W. Davis denounced the Klan at the party's convention. Harry S. Truman, the Democratic...
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