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Gov Davis of RI served his first term from 1887 until 1888, and Davis-Candidate was born in 1870s! There are no one person!
The paragraph on the English Speaking Union and the Pilgrim Society labels these groups "conspiracies." Unless the originator of this article knows something he or she's not saying, this is incorrect, and the tone of the entry needs to be changed. Jperrylsu 00:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Under the Death and Legacy section, it is stated that a dormitory at Washington and Lee Univ. is named after him. Davis Hall is no longer a dormitory, but rather houses ITS. [1] RoseMHein ( talk) 14:40, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
The data table at the top of the page states that Davis was appointed to his (current!) office in 1924 and is the incumbent of this office, despite having died in 1955, and this office is not mentioned. This obviously has to be researched for correction. I do not know what office Davis assumed in 1924 nor do I know when he left that office, so I cannot edit it myself. Mal7798 ( talk) 06:32, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
This case was even more important than his presidential run. Why wasn't it mentioned here? Ericl ( talk) 16:33, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
This section is unclear and its relevance is debatable. For example, it took me several readings to infer that Julia's father was John Davis, not Cyrus Vance. I don't know enough about Davis' family connections to feel comfortable making corrections. CairoEast ( talk) 03:04, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
"Davis started college at the age of sixteen, and graduated from Washington & Lee's Literary Department in 1892 with a major in Latin.[12] He joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, participated in intramural sports, and "took calico" by attending mixed parties."
What on earth is "taking calico?" Doug O'Connell ( talk) 17:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
The biography, Lawyer's Lawyer, by William H. Harbaugh lists 140 cases that Davis argued before the US Supreme Court. Based on language in the cases themselves saying he argued the case, it appears the list is missing a few such as Far East Conference v. United States 342 U.S. 570 (1952) and Federal Power Comm'n v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 347 U.S. 239 (1954). On the other hand, it is possible he should not be credited with U.S. v. United States Steel Corp., 251 U.S. 417, in which the case says Davis argued at an earlier hearing. He had resigned as Asst. Solicitor two years earlier. Kaltenmeyer ( talk) 22:41, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
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I added Cyrus Vance, the 57th United States Secretary of State, in the Relatives section of the Infobox. It is referenced in the page and John W Davis is in Cyrus Vance's infobox as Relatives: adoptive son.
The source of the adoption is Harbaugh, William Henry (1973).
Lawyer's Lawyer: The Life of John W. Davis. New York City:
Oxford University Press.
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John W Davis was the first nominee from a former slave state, Virginia. An IP user keeps changing it. Let's talk it out before any other edits regarding this subject. P37307 ( talk) 23:45, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
That category should be removed. While Davis broke with FDR over the New Deal, his overall voting record was liberal [1], and he defended communist Alger Hiss against Joseph McCarthy. That's in addition to the fact that Davis was a Wilsonian internationalist (as opposed to members of the Old Right who were isolationists). Total random nerd ( talk) 04:49, 10 September 2021 (UTC)