James H. Davidson
James H. Davidson | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin | |
In office March 4, 1917 – August 6, 1918 (died) | |
Preceded by | Michael K. Reilly |
Succeeded by | Florian Lampert |
Constituency | 6th district |
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 | |
Preceded by | Edward S. Minor |
Succeeded by | Edward E. Browne |
Constituency | 8th district |
In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 | |
Preceded by | Samuel A. Cook |
Succeeded by | Charles H. Weisse |
Constituency | 6th district |
District Attorney of Green Lake County, Wisconsin | |
In office January 1, 1889 – January 1, 1891 | |
Preceded by | Perry Niskern |
Succeeded by | John L. Millard |
Personal details | |
Born | Colchester, New York, U.S. | June 18, 1858
Died | August 6, 1918 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 60)
Resting place | Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Niva Therese Wilde
(m. 1889–1918) |
Children |
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Alma mater | Albany Law School |
Profession | Lawyer |
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James Henry Davidson (June 18, 1858 – August 6, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He represented eastern Wisconsin for nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1913, and from 1917 until his death in 1918. Earlier in his career, he was district attorney of Green Lake County, Wisconsin, and city attorney of Oshkosh.
Biography
[edit]Born in Colchester, New York,[1] Davidson attended the public schools and Walton (New York) Academy.[1] He taught school in Delaware and Sullivan Counties, New York.[1] He graduated from the Albany Law School in 1884 and was admitted to the bar the same year. He moved to Green Lake County, Wisconsin, and commenced practice in Princeton, Wisconsin, in 1887.
Davidson was elected district attorney of Green Lake County in 1888. He served as chairman of the Republican congressional committee for the sixth district of Wisconsin in 1890. He moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on January 1, 1892, and continued the practice of law. He was appointed city attorney in May 1895 for two years.
Davidson was elected representative of Wisconsin's 6th congressional district as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903). He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Fifty-sixth through Sixty-first Congresses). From the Fifty-eighth Congress Davidson redistricted and was elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 8th congressional district and was reelected to the four succeeding congresses in the same role (March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1913) He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress and for election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress. For the Sixty-fifth Congress Davidson was once again elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 6th district serving from March 4, 1917, until his death in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 1918. He died of heart disease[1][2] and was interred in Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. On April 5, 1917, he was one of the 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Death Is Victor in the Struggle of J. H. Davidson at Washington". The Oshkosh Northwestern. August 7, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Davidson Dead". Wausau Daily Herald. August 8, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved March 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
Sources
[edit]- 1858 births
- 1918 deaths
- People from Delaware County, New York
- People from Princeton, Wisconsin
- Politicians from Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Albany Law School alumni
- District attorneys in Wisconsin
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Wisconsin politicians
- Burials at Riverside Cemetery (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
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