| LC control no. | n 83145029 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Davis, Jeff, 1862-1913 |
| Associated place | Russellville (Ark.) Pope County (Ark.) |
| Birth date | 1862-05-06 |
| Death date | 1913-01-03 |
| Place of birth | Little River County (Ark.) |
| Place of death | Little Rock (Ark.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Vanderbilt University |
| Profession or occupation | Governor Legislator Lawyer Attorney general |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Clemson Univ. Lib. for Hartzog, H.S. Scrapbook, 1818-1971 (Governor Jeff Davis) WWWA, 1897-1942 (Davis, Jeff, senator; b. Little River Co., Ark., May 6, 1862; s. Lewis W. and Mary D.; m. Ina McKenzie, 1882 (dec.); m. 2d Leila Carter, 1911; gov. Ark., 1900-1907; U.S. senator, 1907-1913; home: Little Rock, Ark.; d. Jan. 3, 1913) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Aug. 18, 2017 (DAVIS, Jeff, (1862-1913); Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913; Party: Democrat; DAVIS, Jeff, a Senator from Arkansas; born near Richmond, Little River County, Ark., May 6, 1862; attended school in Russellville, Ark., and graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1884; studied law; admitted to the bar in Pope County, Ark., and commenced practice in Russellville, Ark.; prosecuting attorney of the fifth judicial district 1892-1896; attorney general of the State 1898-1900; Governor of Arkansas 1901-1906; continued the practice of law at Little Rock, Ark., in 1906; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1907, until his death in Little Rock, Ark., January 3, 1913; chairman, Committee on the Mississippi and its Tributaries (Sixty-second Congress); interment in Mount Holly Cemetery) |
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