John C. Davies (lawyer)
John Clay Davies (January 1857 Utica, Oneida County, New York - January 11, 1925 Camden, Oneida Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life [edit]
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida Co., 3rd D.) in 1887.
He was Deputy Attorney General under Theodore E. Hancock from 1894 to 1898. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894. He was New York Attorney General from 1899 to 1902, elected at the New York state election, 1898, and re-elected at the New York state election, 1900. He was a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention.
In 1902, he was the Republican candidate for justice of the New 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 Commission) by Governor Frank W. Higgins.
His grandson John C. Davies II was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Sources [edit]
- [1] Appointments to state commissions, in NYT on June 6, 1905
- [2] Appointment as deputy AG, in NYT on December 30, 1893
- [3] The Republican nominees, in NYT on September 28, 1898
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| Preceded by Theodore E. Hancock |
New York State Attorney General 1899–1902 |
Succeeded by John Cunneen |
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