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Beverly A. Davis

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Beverly A. Davis
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 26th district
In office
January 12, 1916 – January 14, 1920
Preceded byValentine M. Sowder
Succeeded bySamuel G. Proffit
Personal details
Born
Beverly Andrew Davis

(1868-09-27)September 27, 1868
Snow Creek, Franklin County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMay 31, 1944(1944-05-31) (aged 75)
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Nettie Barrow
Mary Lee Gravely
Alma materGeorgetown University

Beverly Andrew Davis (September 27, 1868 – May 31, 1944) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1916 to 1920.[1][2]

In 1902, he ran for Congress against Claude A. Swanson in Virginia's 5th district but lost 60.80 to 37.63%.

References

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  1. ^ Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Dodson, E. Griffith (1939). The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1919-1939: Register. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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