Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), Lawyer and Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1609
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal papers, speeches, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a Randolph County prosecuting attorney, mayor of Elkins, judge of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit, Democratic politician, and state governor, 1933-1937.Subjects include John T. McGraw's senate contest, 1911; Canadian Reciprocity Agreement, 1911; women suffrage; State Prohibition Amendment, 1911-1912; VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA; Joseph Brown lynch case; New Deal operations and agencies in the...
Dates:
1883-1960
John J. Davis (1824-1916) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1366
Overview
Papers of John J. Davis, a lawyer and politician from Clarksburg, West Virginia. This collection contains correspondence, account books, photographs, essays, speeches, and other material. Also included in this collection are writings of Davis' granddaughter, Julia McDonald Davis. There are also artifacts, including a school slate and three leather billfolds. Please see "Scope and Contents" for further detail.
Dates:
1824-1935
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- Account books 1
- Bourbon politics. 1
- Canadian Reciprocity Agreement 1
- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Genealogy 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Know-Nothingism. 1
- Lexington, V.A. 1
- Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
- Mississippi 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Secession 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Virginia Springs 1
- West Virginia - Five Year Plan. 1
- West Virginia - Governors. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
- West Virginia - Prohibition Amendment. 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women -- United States -- History 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
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