Franklin Pierce Davis
Full Name: Franklin Pierce DavisDate of birth: March 23, 1874
Date of death: August 9, 1946
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 15 | Feb 26, 1918 - Jan 14, 1919 | 35th (1) (2) (3) | Unknown | Houston / Harris | Harris |
(1) "House Fails to Act on Bill," 8/11/1917, p. 4. Dateline Austin, Tex., Aug. 10. "Representative Stanley Beard left tonight for Portsmouth, Va. where he is a lieutenant of marines. He vacates his seat in the Legislature. . ." Galveston Daily News.
(2) Special election results, 2/23/1918, Franklin P. Davis elected to Position No. 1 and Charles Murphy elected to Position No. 3. "County's Anti Seats in Legislature Captured by Davis and Murphy, Pros," including incomplete returns from Harris County by ward, 2/24/1918, pp. 1, 4. "Harris County's two vacant anti seats in the state legislature very probably will be filled by two out-and-out prohibitionists . . . Indications late Saturday night were that Franklin P. Davis and Charles Murphy had been elected to fill the seats vacated by Stanley Beard and Harry V. Fisher."
Final special election returns, "Davis-Murphy Victory Sure by Later Returns," 2/25/1918, p. 7; "Davis and Murphy Given Certificates of Election by Commissioners Court," 2/27/1918, p. 7. Houston Chronicle.
(3) Franklin P. Davis, in special election 2/23/1918, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Stanley A. Beard, resigned after 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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House District 15
Feb 26, 1918 - Jan 14, 1919 Legislatures: 35th (1) (2) (3) Party: Unknown Home City/County: Houston / Harris Counties in district: Harris |
(1) "House Fails to Act on Bill," 8/11/1917, p. 4. Dateline Austin, Tex., Aug. 10. "Representative Stanley Beard left tonight for Portsmouth, Va. where he is a lieutenant of marines. He vacates his seat in the Legislature. . ." Galveston Daily News.
(2) Special election results, 2/23/1918, Franklin P. Davis elected to Position No. 1 and Charles Murphy elected to Position No. 3. "County's Anti Seats in Legislature Captured by Davis and Murphy, Pros," including incomplete returns from Harris County by ward, 2/24/1918, pp. 1, 4. "Harris County's two vacant anti seats in the state legislature very probably will be filled by two out-and-out prohibitionists . . . Indications late Saturday night were that Franklin P. Davis and Charles Murphy had been elected to fill the seats vacated by Stanley Beard and Harry V. Fisher."
Final special election returns, "Davis-Murphy Victory Sure by Later Returns," 2/25/1918, p. 7; "Davis and Murphy Given Certificates of Election by Commissioners Court," 2/27/1918, p. 7. Houston Chronicle.
(3) Franklin P. Davis, in special election 2/23/1918, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Stanley A. Beard, resigned after 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Other Resources
- Death notice, "Franklin P. Davis Dies at Houston," 8/11/1946, p. 15. Former state representative from Harris County, died 8/9/1946. Abilene Reporter-News.
- Franklin Pierce Davis, birth date 3/23/1874 in Tampico, Grainger County, Tennessee; death date 8/9/1946 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Beverly Davis Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
- Funeral notice, "Funeral Rites for Ex-Solon," 8/12/1946, p. 2. Brownsville Herald.
- Census of 1910 - F.T. Davis, Sherman, Grayson County, age 36, born circa 1874 in Tennessee, real estate, wife Grace.
Census of 1920 - Franklyn P. Davis, Harris County, age 45, born circa 1875 in Tennessee, automobile salesman, wife Grace S. FamilySearch. 1910 1920 - Franklin P. Davis, birth date 3/23/1875 in Tennessee; death date 8/9/1946 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; retired salesman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- Franklin Pierce Davis, birth date 3/23/1874; residence in Harris County; occupation Army Y.M.C.A. Sec., National War Council; nearest relative Grace Sivells Davis; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Houston, Harris County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
- Franklin P. Davis, birth date 3/23/1874, death date 8/9/1946, burial in burial in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris county. Find a Grave.
- Obituary and photo, "F.P. Davis to Be Buried Saturday," 8/10/1946, p. 2. Franklin P. Davis, born near Knoxville, Tennessee; moved to Grayson County, Texas, in 1879, and Houston in 1910. "He turned to politics in 1918 and was elected a state representative in a special election." Houston Chronicle.
Photographs
- Photograph. Franklin P. Davis, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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35th R.S. - 1917
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