John C. Davies (lawyer)

John Clay Davies (born January 1857 in Utica , New York , † January 11, 1925 in Camden , New York) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ). The Congressman John C. Davies II. (1920-2002) was his grandson.

Career

John Clay Davies' childhood was overshadowed by the Civil War . He attended Hamilton College, New York for a short time. In the following years he studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and then began practicing in Camden, New York. In 1887 he was a member of the New York State Assembly for the 3rd District ( Oneida County ) . From 1894 to 1898 he was Deputy Attorney General of New York under Theodore E. Hancock . In 1894 he took part as a delegate to the New York Constituent Assembly . He was elected Attorney General of New York in the 1898 election and re-elected in 1900. He held the post from 1899 to 1902. In 1900 he participated as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania part). He stood in 1902 as a Republican candidate for a judge's post on the New York Supreme Court in the Republican-dominated 5th judicial district, but suffered a landslide defeat to the Democrat Watson M. Rogers . Even his party friends have accused him of incompetence and favored the appointment of an independent candidate. The governor of New York Frank W. Higgins appointed him in 1905 to the Commissioner in the State Board on Gas and Electricity (State Lighting Commission).

literature

• New York Red Book , 1900, p. 52
• Mr. Hancock Announces Appointments , The New York Times, December 30, 1893
• The Candidates' Careers , The New York Times, September 28, 1898
• Names Anti-Odell Men For New State Board , The New York Times, June 6, 1905