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John E. Davis

John E. Davis

Full Name: Jonathan Edward "John" Davis
Date of birth: March 18, 1875
Date of death: November 2, 1958

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 50-3 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas
H 50-3 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas
H 50-3 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas
H 44 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas
H 44-3 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas
H 44 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas
H 44 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas
H 44 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas
H 37 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Dallas, Dallas County. "District No. 44. Barry Miller, J.W. Parks, John E. Davis and Chas. O. Laney, all of Dallas, composed of the county of Dallas," p. 5. House Journal. ↩
(2) Dallas, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(3) Mesquite. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
41st  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
40th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
39th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
37th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
36th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
35th (1) (2) (3)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
34th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
33rd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
32nd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Terms of service notes


(1) Dallas, Dallas County. "District No. 44. Barry Miller, J.W. Parks, John E. Davis and Chas. O. Laney, all of Dallas, composed of the county of Dallas," p. 5. House Journal. ↩
(2) Dallas, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(3) Mesquite. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Jonathan Edward Davis, birth date 3/18/1875 in Chickasauhatchie, Georgia; death date 11/2/1958 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas. Love/Holcomb/Johnson Mayfield Family Tree. Biographical sketch of Jonathan E. Davis in A Genealogy of the Davis Family by Henry William Clark, Montgomery, Alabama, 1905, pp. 45-46, 82-83. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Marriage to Jessie Love at "Musquite, Tex.," 5/5/1901. Ancestry.com.

  • Obituary and photo, "J.E. Davis, Ex-Publisher and Lawmaker, Dies," 11/3/1958, sec. 4, p. 5. Publisher of the Texas Mesquiter. "He was elected mayor of Mesquite in 1906 and served for four years before being elected to the State Legislature in 1911 where he served for eight terms." Dallas Morning News.
  • Johnathan Edward Davis, birth date 3/18/1875 in Georgia; death date 11/2/1958 in Lancaster, Dallas County; newspaper printer and editor. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Jonathan Edward Davis, birth date 3/18/1875; permanent home address in Mesquite, Dallas County; editor; wife Jessie Davis; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Dallas, Dallas County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  • John E. Davis, birth date 3/18/1875, death date 11/2/1958, burial in Mesquite Cemetery, Dallas County. Find a Grave.
  • Mentioned in: Nicola, Carson. On the Labor Front: Uncovering Dallas's Union Legislators 1890-1920. Texas Christian University, May 8, 2023. Texas Christian University.
  • Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.
    • Selected newspaper articles

Committee Information

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