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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinGlenn Robert DAVIS
(1914-1988)
DAVIS, Glenn Robert, a
Representative from Wisconsin; born on a farm in Vernon, Waukesha
County, Wis., October 28, 1914; attended the rural schools; was
graduated from Mukwonago High School in 1930 and from State
Teachers College, Platteville, Wis., B.Ed., 1934; taught high
school at Cottage Grove 1934-1936 and at Waupun 1936-1938;
University of Wisconsin Law School at Madison, LL.B., now J.D.,
1940; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced practice in
Waukesha; elected to the State assembly in 1940 and served from
January 6, 1941, until his resignation in June 1942 to enlist in
the United States Navy; served thirty-two months aboard an aircraft
carrier in the Pacific; discharged as a lieutenant on December 12,
1945; resumed the practice of law; Court Commissioner, Wisconsin;
delegate, Wisconsin State Republican conventions, 1938-1942,
1946-1970; delegate, each Republican National Convention,
1952-1972; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert K. Henry; reelected
to the Eighty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses and
served from April 22, 1947, to January 3, 1957; did not seek
renomination in 1956, but was unsuccessful for the Republican
nomination for United States Senator; was also unsuccessful for the
senatorial nomination in 1957 to fill a vacancy; resumed the
practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to
the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1965,
until his resignation December 31, 1974; unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; consultant,
Potter International, Inc., 1975-1983; was a resident of Arlington,
Va., until his death there on September 21, 1988.
Bibliography
Smith, Kevin B. The Iron Man: The Life and Times of Congressman
Glenn R. Davis. Lanham, MD: University Press of America and
Glenn Davis Charitable Foundation, Ltd., 1994.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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