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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJames Curran DAVIS
(1895-1981)
DAVIS, James Curran, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Franklin, Heard County, Ga.,
May 17, 1895; attended the public schools, Reinhardt College,
Waleska, Ga., and Emory College, Oxford, Ga.; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga.;
during the First World War enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps and served from December 24, 1917, until his discharge on
January 11, 1919; served as a first lieutenant and captain in the
Judge Advocate General’s Department, Officers Reserve Corps;
resumed the practice of law; member of the State house of
representatives from De Kalb County 1924-1928; attorney for the
Georgia Department of Industrial Relations 1928-1931 and for De
Kalb County 1931-1934; judge of superior courts, Stone Mountain
judicial circuit, 1934-1947; delegate to Democratic National
Convention in 1948; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to
the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1963);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the
Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law; publisher of
the Atlanta (Ga.) Times, 1964-1965; member, boards of directors,
Salem Campground and De Kalb Federal Savings and Loan Association,
Atlanta, Ga., where he resided until his death there on December
18, 1981; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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