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Davis, George R. (George Royal), 1840-1899

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Personal name headingDavis, George R. (George Royal), 1840-1899
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Birth date18400303
Death date18991125
Place of birthPalmer, Mass.
Place of deathChicago, Ill.
Field of activityLaw
Business
AffiliationWorld's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupationBusinessman
Lawyer
Politician
Found inWorld'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)