LC control no. | no 91012416 |
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Personal name heading | Davis, George R. (George Royal), 1840-1899 |
Birth date | 18400303 |
Death date | 18991125 |
Place of birth | Palmer, Mass. |
Place of death | Chicago, Ill. |
Field of activity | Law Business |
Affiliation | World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) United States. Congress. House |
Profession or occupation | Businessman Lawyer Politician |
Found in | World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Executive Committee on Awards. Regulations governing awards, 1893: p. 4 (George R. Davis, Director-General) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Davis, George Royal, 1840-1899; usage: George R. Davis) Wikipedia, website viewed 13 November 2012 (George R. Davis; George Royal Davis; born January 3, 1840, Palmer, Massachusetts; died November 25, 1899, Chicago, Illinois; U.S. House of Representatives representative from Illinois, March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885 and March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883; director general; financial agent; senior colonel; treasurer; businessman; lawyer; Served in the Eighth Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Rhode Island Volunteer Cavalry and the Illinois National Guard, and in the American Civil War; director general of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893) |