Cyrus W. Davis

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Cyrus W. Davis (born September 25, 1856 in Buxton , Maine , † November 1, 1917 in Portland , Maine) was an American lawyer and politician who was Secretary of State of Maine from 1911 to 1912 .

Life

Cyrus W. Davis was born in Buxton, Maine to Cyrus Davis and Hariett Pratt. He graduated from Gorham Academy in 1870 and then worked as a clerk in a haberdashery store in Biddeford .

He partnered with Samuel Smith, Jr. in Waterville in 1875 and opened Davis and Soule in 1890 with offices in Waterville and Boston. He was also involved in setting up a gold mine in Colorado. From 1901 to 1904 he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives and from 1903 to 1904 he was Mayor of Waterville.

As a member of the Democratic Party , he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Maine in 1904 . He was defeated by William T. Cobb .

Davis was the Collector of Port for Portland in 1911 and the District Surveyor from 1914 until his death in 1917. He was the editor and author of the Waterville Daily Sentinel, a Democratic newspaper.

From 1911 to 1912, Cyrus W. Davis was Secretary of State of Maine.

Cyrus W. Davis was married to Flora E. Philbrook (1856-1940). The couple had two sons. He died in Portland on November 1, 1917. His grave is in Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maine Secretaries of State, 1820. In: maine.gov. Maine State Legislature, accessed October 15, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b Davis, Cyrus William b. 25 SEP 1856 Buxton Center, ME d. Nov 1, 1917 Portland, ME. In: watervillegenealogy.com. Waterville Maine Genealogy, accessed May 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Read-Only. (No longer available online.) In: colby.edu. web.colby.edu, archived from the original on May 15, 2016 ; accessed on May 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / web.colby.edu
  4. ↑ History Colorado Gold King ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 15, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.historycolorado.org
  5. ^ History of Mayors City of Waterville, Maine. ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 15, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.waterville-me.gov
  6. ^ List of Mayors of Waterville , accessed May 15, 2016.
  7. ^ Maine Election To-day; Democrats Expect to Reduce the Republican Majority . In: The New York Times . September 12, 1904, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com ).
  8. ^ Text in chroniclingamerica; accessed on May 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ Cyrus Davis, Waterville, approx. 1914. In: mainememory.net. Maine Memory Network, accessed May 15, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Davis, Cyrus W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Buxton , Maine
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1917
Place of death Portland , Maine