Ewin L. Davis

Ewin L. Davis

Ewin Lamar Davis (born February 5, 1876 in Bedford County , Tennessee , †  October 23, 1949 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1933 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ewin Davis attended the public schools of his home country and then studied between 1895 and 1897 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville . After a subsequent law degree at the later George Washington University and his admission as a lawyer in 1899, he began to work in Tullahoma in his new profession. Politically, Davis joined the Democratic Party . Between 1900 and 1910 he was a delegate at all regional party conventions in Tennessee. From 1910 to 1918 he served as a judge in the 17th Judicial District of Tennessee. He was also a director of the Traders National Bank of Tullahoma from 1903 to 1940 and a curator of the Tennessee College for Women from 1906 to 1939 .

In the 1918 congressional elections , Davis was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of Tennessee, where he succeeded William C. Houston on March 4, 1919 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . Between 1931 and 1933 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the merchant marine and fisheries issues. During his tenure as Congressman, the 18th , 19th and 20th amendments were passed. In 1932 Davis was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

From May 23, 1933, Davis was a member of the Federal Trade Commission , of which he was to remain until his death. In 1935, 1940 and 1945 he was its chairman. Ewin Davis died on October 23, 1949 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Tullahoma.

Web links

• Ewin L. Davis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ewin L. Davis in the database of Find a Grave (English)