John E. Davis

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

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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

(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 top

House District 50-3
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 50-3
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 50-3
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 44
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 44-3
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 44
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 44
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917
Legislatures: 34th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 44
Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915
Legislatures: 33rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 37
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mesquite / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

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.

Other Resources

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, 1890-1976.
Jonathan Edward Davis, birth date 3/18/1875; permanent home address in Mesquite, Dallas County; editor. 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.

Photographs

Photograph. John E. Davis, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John E. Davis, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John E. Davis, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John E. Davis, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John E. Davis, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John E. Davis, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jno. E. Davis, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John E. Davis, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John E. Davis, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929 Contingent Expenses (Chair) Public Printing
40th R.S. - 1927 Contingent Expenses (Chair) Public Health State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions
39th R.S. - 1925 Contingent Expense (Chair) Counties Municipal and Private Corporations Rules
37th R.S. - 1921 Contingent Expenses (Chair) Representative Districts Roads, Bridges and Ferries
36th R.S. - 1919 Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses (Chair) Labor Public Printing State Affairs
35th R.S. - 1917 Internal Improvements Labor Public Printing State Affairs Supreme Judicial Districts (Vice Chair)
34th R.S. - 1915 Common Carriers Constitutional Amendments Enrolled Bills (Chair) Labor Public Printing Revenue and Taxation State Affairs (Vice Chair)
33rd R.S. - 1913 Claims and Accounts Insurance North Texas Hospital for the Insane at Terrell Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Revenue and Taxation State Affairs State Asylums
32nd R.S. - 1911 Appropriations Subcommittee on the North Texas Hospital for the Insane Insurance Public Printing State Affairs

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