- John C. Davies (lawyer)
John Clay Davies (b. ca.
1858 -January 11 ,1925 Camden,Oneida County, New York ) was an American lawyer and politician.Life
He was Deputy Attorney General under
Theodore E. Hancock from 1894 to 1898. He was a delegate to theNew York State Constitutional Convention of 1894. He wasNew York State Attorney General from 1899 to 1902. He was a delegate to the1900 Republican National Convention . In 1902, he was the Republican candidate for justice of theNew York Supreme Court in the heavily Republican Fifth Judicial District, but was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Watson M. Rogers. Even his party fellows had accused him of incompetence, and had favored the nomination of an independent candidate. In 1905, he was appointed a Commissioner of the State Board on Gas and Electricity (State Lighting Commision) by GovernorFrank W. Higgins .His grandson
John C. Davies II was aU.S. Representative from New York.ources
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B06E4DB173DE733A25755C0A9609C946497D6CF] Appointments to state commissions, in NYT on June 6, 1905
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9500E4D8173EEF33A25753C3A9649D94629ED7CF] Appointment as deputy AG, in NYT on December 30, 1893
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D01E5D7103CE433A2575BC2A96F9C94699ED7CF] The Republican nominees, in NYT on September 28, 1898
* [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html] List of New York Attorneys General, at Office of the NYSAG
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