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Dahlman, James C., mayor of Omaha, Neb., was born Dec. 15, 1856, in Texas. He has been mayor of Chadron, Neb.; and for three terms was sheriff of Dawes County, Neb. In 1896-1900 he was chairman of the democratic state committee; and in 1892 and in 1896 he was a delegate to the democratic national conventions. And since 1900 he has been a member of the national democratic committee; and is now serving his third term of 1908-12. In 1910 he was nominated for governor of Nebraska on the democratic ticket at the state primaries, but was defeated for election. He is connected with the live stock commission business at Omaha, Neb.; and is now serving his second term as mayor of that city.

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Dale, Harry Howard, United States congressman from the fourth district of New York, was born Dec. 3, 1868, in New York City. He is a lawyer; and has been a member of the state legislature. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Dallinger, Frederick William, lawyer, born at Combridge, Mass., Oct. 2, 1871; son of William W. and Elizabeth F. Dal-linger. He was graduated from Harvard University as A.B., 1893, and A.M., 1894, then took up the study of law, was graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1897, and passed his bar examinations the same year. He had already become prominent in public life, having been for two terms a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1894 and 1895. In 1896 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, in which he served, by successive reelections until 1900. He is also well known for his political writings, notably a volume on Nominations for Elective Office in the United States. Residence: 4 Hancock Park, Cambridge, Mass. Office: 89 State St., Boston, Mass.

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Daly, John W., passenger traffic manager New York Central Lines west of Buffalo. Office : Chicago, Ill. Born June 2, 1868, at Canton, Ill. Entered railway service 1882, since which he has been consecutively telegraph operator Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry.; operator Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rd., at Horton, Kan., and ticket agent same road at Burlingame and Augusta, Kan., and Springer, N.M.; chief clerk local office and chief yard clerk Wisconsin Central Rd. at Chicago until 1889; 1889 to May 16, 1894, chief clerk general passenger office Jacksonville Southeastern Line; May 16, 1894, to March, 1901, general passenger and ticket agent Jacksonville, Louisville & St. Louis Ry., now the Jacksonville & St. Louis Ry.; April 15, 1901, to March 1, 1902, southern passenger agent Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. at Cincinnati, O., March 1, 1902, to April 1, 1905, general eastern passenger agent same road at Buffalo, N.Y.; April 1, 1905, to 1906, chief assistant general agent same road and Michigan Central Rd. at Buffalo, N.Y.; 1906 to 1910, general passenger agent Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. at Cleveland, 0.; 1910, to June 1, 1911, assistant passenger traffic manager New York Central Lines west of Buffalo at Chicago; June 1, 1911, to date, passenger traffic manager same lines at Chicago.

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Damon, Alonzo Willard, fire and marine insurance president, born Norwell, Mass., Feb. 1847; son of Davis and Lucy (Damon) Damon; educated in public schools of Boston, Mass. Began business life as clerk in office of Washington Fire and Marine Insurance Co., of Boston, 1862; became secretary of company, 1880-1887; special agent for Franklin Insurance Co., of Philadelphia, 1888-1889; became special agent Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance, 1890; was assistant secretary 1891-1895; and in 1895 became president, which position he has held ever since. Elected president National Board of Fire Underwriters in May, 1910. Is director Third National Bank of Springfield, Mass., Springfield Street Railway Co., Holyoke Water Power Co., Cheney-Bigelow Wire Works; trustee Springfield Institution for Savings, New England Investment and Security Co.; commissioner of Sinking Fund, City of Springfield, Mass. Republican. Unitarian. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Nayasset, Country (Springfield).

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Dana, John Cotton, librarian; born in Woodstock County, Vermont, Aug. 19, 1856; son of Charles and Charity (Loomis) Dana. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, A.B., 1878 then studied law, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1882. He entered upon his library career in 1889 as librarian of the Denver Public Library, in which position he continued until 1897, when he became city librarian of Springfield, Mass., remaining there until 1902, when he became librarian of the Free Public Library of Newark, N.J., in which position he continues. Mr. Dana has taken a prominent part in the plans and deliberations of the American Library Association of which he was president in 1896, and is still a member. Address : Free Public Library, N.J.

Dana, William Henry, musician, author and lecturer; born in Warren, Ohio, June 10, 1846; son of Junius and Martha (Potter) Dana. After completing the course in the high school of his native city and attending Williston Seminary at Easthampton, Mass., served in the Union Army in the Civil War, then took musical courses in Kullak's Conservatory of Music in Berlin and the Royal Academy of Music, London. He has since been actively engaged in musical work as teacher and writer of musical text-books the excellence of which procured him the medal and diploma of the Exposition at Bologna, Italy. He is now president of Dana's Musical Institute at Warren, Ohio, is a lecturer on social, political and travel topics in lyceum courses, and at Chautauqua assemblies. His musical text-books, which have attained wide adoption and circulation, include : Dana's Practical Thorough Bass; Dana's Practical Harmony; Dana's Practical Counter-point; Guide in Orchestration; Guide in Military Band Arranging; The National School for Cornet. Mr. Dana is an extensive traveler having made tours in Europe and especially in Scandinavia, Russia and the Arctic regions. lie is a fellow of the American College of Musicians of the University of New York, a member of the Royal Academy of Music of London, England, member of the Authors' Club, London, England, member of the Luther Burbank Society, Cal., member of the International Society of Literature and Art; the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.; life member of the Music Teachers' National Assn. and the Indiana Assn. ; and various political clubs both local and national. He married in Oleon, N.Y., in 1870, Emma Jane Tuttle. Address: Warren, Ohio.

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Daney, Eugene, lawyer, born Bordeaux, France, Oct. 11, 1862; son of Michel and Marguerite (Dutruch) Daney. Educated in public schools, San Francisco; LL.B., Hastings College of Law; 1885 University of California. Moved to California, 1865. Asst. diet. atty., San Diego County, three years, 1888-1891; police commissioner San Diego, 1896-1900. Dir. and atty. First Natl. Bank of San Diego; trustee San Diego Co. Law Library. Member Am. Bar Assn., Cal. State Bar Assn., San Diego Co. Bar Assn. (four terms pres.). Clubs: Cuyamaca, University (San Diego). Past master Silver Gate Lodge No. 296, F. & A.M.; past noble grand, Sunset Lodge No. 328, I.O.O.F. ; past exalted ruler, San Diego Lodge, B.P.O.E. Republican. Residence : 2131 Albatross St. Office : First Natl. Bank Bldg., San Diego, Cal.

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Danforth, Henry Gold, congressman, was born June 14, 1854, in Monroe County, N.Y. He was elected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses.

Danforth, Loomis L., physician, surgeon; born at Monticello, Otsego County, N.Y.; son of Hiram D. and Mary Jane (Tanner) Danforth. He was educated in an academy at Utica, N.Y., and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University as M.D. in 1874. He has been engaged in practice as a homoeopathic physician and surgeon since 1874. He is professor of obstetrics in the New York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital and is now senior professor and, also head of the Maternity Department of Flower Hospital. Dr. Danforth is a member, and was president in 1902, of the Homoeopathic Medical Society of the County of New York. He is a member of the Union League Club. Dr. Danforth married at Willimantic, Conn., in 1874, Emma Augusta Hamlin. Address : 49 West 52d St., New York City

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Danziger, Ernst, physician of 63 W. 90th St., New York City, was born Berlin, Germany, April 18, 1871; son Julius and Seraphine (Maisel) Danziger; grad. Kolnisches Gymnasium, Berlin; studied medicine for a year in Royal Univ., Berlin, and Univ. of the City of N.Y. (Med. Dep't), M.D., 1894; married, N.Y. City, June 2, 1903, Martha Bachmann ; one daughter, Juliet, born 1906; one son, Frederick, born April, 1911. Attending ear, nose and throat surgeon in German Dispensary, N.Y. City, attending laryngologist to City and Country Sanitarium of the M Montefiore Home ; attending laryngologist to the Har Moriah Hospital; mem. Harlem Med. Ass'n, Germany Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N.Y. Acad. Medicine.

Danzinger, Jake Morris, lawyer and oil operator, born New York City, May 7, 1882; son of Morris and Lena (Mendelson) Danziger. Educated in public schools, Los Angeles; Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles; Univ. Sou. Cal. Married Daisy C. Canfield, July 25, 1900, at Salt Lake City. Counsel for oil and petroleum men, 1905; oil dept. Santa Fe R.R., 1906-09; mgr. and dir. land dept. Am. Oilfields Co.; dir. Huasteca Petroleum Co.; pres. Ruby and Opal Oil Cos.; treas. Jade Oil Co.; dir. Mexican Natl. Gas Co.; treas. Sapphire Oil Co. Clubs : Los Angeles Athletic, Sierra Madre Country. Member: Elks No. 99, Shriners, Scottish Rite Masons. Republican. Residence: 828 Lake. Office : Security Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Director and vice-pres. Mexican Petroleum Co. of Cal. ; Mexican Pet. Co., Ltd., of Delaware. Pres. and dir. of Petroleum Transport Co., Southern Oilfields Co. Director Sacramento Valley Sugar Co., Rodes Land and Water Co., California Petroleum Corporation, American Petroleum Co., Mexican Asphalt Paving and Const. Co.

Davant, Thomas S., vice-president in charge of traffic, Norfolk & Western Ry. Office : Roanoke, Va. Born at Gillisonville, S.C. Entered railway service 1865, since which he has been consecutively to Jan. 1, 1869, station agent Charlotte & South Carolina Rd. at Ft. Mills, S.C.; Jan. 1 to June 15, 1869, agent Columbia & Augusta Rd. at Columbia, S.C.; June 15, 1869, to 1871, chief clerk consolidated agency Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rd. at Columbia ; 1871 to July, 1874, chief clerk general freight and passenger agent's office same road; July, 1874, to July, 1877, general freight and passenger agent Pt. Royal Rd.; July, 1877, to Feb. 28, 1886, assistant general freight and passenger agent Memphis & Charleston Rd. at Memphis, Tenn.; Feb., 1886, to May 1, 1892, general freight agent East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Ry.; May 1, 1892, to July 15, 1903, general freight agent Norfolk & Western Rd.-and its successor, the Norfolk & Western Ry.; July 15, 1903, to July 1, 1907, freight traffic manager Norfolk & Western Ry. July 1; 1907, to Dec. 1, 1912, third vice-president and traffic manager same road; Dec. 1, 1912, to date, vice-president in charge of traffic, same road.

Davenport, James Sanford, congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1864, near Gaylesville, Ala. Since 1893 he has practiced law in Vinita, Okla. Has been twice mayor of that city; and has served two terms in the Cherokee legislature. He was elected to the sixtieth and sixty-second congresses as a democrat and was re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Vinita; Okla.

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Davidson, James Wheeler, former-consul-general and war correspondent; born in Austin, Minn., June 14, 1872. He was graduated from the Northwestern Military Academy of Highland Park, Ill., in 1891, and was a member of the Peary Arctic Exedition in 1894. This adventurous opening of his career was followed by service as a war correspondent with the Chinese Army, during the war between Japan and China in 1894; and with the Japanese Army in 1895 and 1896. He was American Consular Agent and Consul at Formosa, from 1897 to 1903 during which time he wrote several valuable monographs on Formosan affairs as well as a large volume entitled "Formosa, Past and Present," which is considered as the standard book of reference on this subject. In 1904 he was American consul at Dalny, Manchurls, and, when refused recognition on account of the closing of that port, was made special agent of the Department of State. He was acting Consul General of the United States at Shanghai in 1905, and is at present the president of Crown Lumber Co. Ltd., a lumber corporation with its head office at Calgary, Canada. Mr. Davidson is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Arctic Club and has received the order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan given for services rendered the Japanese Army during the war with Japan and China. Mr. Davidson married at San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 9, 1906, Mabel Lillian Dow. Residence: Royal Ave. Office: Care of Crown Lumber Co., Ltd., Calgary, Canada.

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Davis, Asa Barnes, physician of 42 East Thirty-fifth St., New York City, was born Sept. 28, 1861, in Norwich, Conn. He has been a member of the Vermont Society in New York; and a member of the Alumni Association of Vermont Academy in New York. He has been a fellow of Medical Association of the Greater City of New York, New York Obstetrical Society, American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and is a trustee of the Vermont Academy. He is a fellow of the College of Surgeons of America.

Davis, Bergen, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., was born, White House, N.J., March 31, 1869. B.S., Rutgers, 1896; fellow, Columbia, 1899-1900, A.M., 1900, Ph.D., 1901, John Tyndall fellow, 1901-03 (Gottingen, 1901-02; Cambridge, 1902-03), Ernest Kempton Adams research fellow, 1907-09. Teacher, N.Y. City, 1896-99; asst. physics, Columbia, 1900-1901, tutor, 1903-07, instr., 1907-09, adj. prof., 1909-13, associate prof., 1913-, F.A.A.; Physical Soc. Sound waves; motion of ions in varying magnetic field; electrical phenomena of various gases in the electrodeless discharge; relation between electrical and gravitational forces; etc.—Constants of the ether considered as an elastic solid.

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Davis, Cameron J., clergyman of Buffalo, N.Y., was born Watkins, N.Y., Dec. 13, 1873; son Frederick and Frances (Hewette) Davis; grad. Trinity Coll. (Hartford, Conn.), B.A., 1894 (M.A., 1897) ; Gen. Theol. Sem. (N.Y.), B.D., 1897; married, Brookline, Mass., Aug. 8, 1900, Elizabeth M. Sacker; children: Elizabeth Sacker, born 1901; Frances Hewette, born 1905. Curate, Trinity Ch., Buffalo, 1897-1899; in charge, 1899-1901, rector since 1901. Member, standing committee of the diocese, Cathedral Chapter, Diocesan Committee on Missions. Charity Org'n Soc. (council), Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Thursday, Saturn, Buffalo Country. Address : Trinity Church, Buffalo, N. Y.

Davis, Champion McDowell, General Freight Agent Atlantic Coast Line Rd. Office Savannah, Ga. Born July 1, 1879, near Hickory, N.C. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service March 1, 1893, as messenger in local freight office Wilmington & Weldon Rd., now the Atlantic Coast Line Rd., at Wilmington, N.C., since which he has been consecutively to July 1902, in various clerical positions in local freight office, clerk in freight claim department, stenographer in freight traffic department, rate clerk and chief rate clerk; July, 1902, to Jan. 1, 1906, chief clerk in traffic department; Jan. 1, 1906, to Nov. 21, 1911, assistant general freight agent in, charge of traffic bureau ; Nov. 21, 1911, to date, general freight agent same road.

Davis, Charles Russell United States congressman from the third district of Minnesota, was born Sept. 17, 1849, in Pittsfield, Ill. He was elected to the house of representatives of the state legislature in 1888 and to the senate in 1890. He was captain of Company I, Second Regiment, Minnesota National Guard, for four years. He was a member of the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Minnesota as a republican. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress from the third district of Minnesota for the term of 1913-15; and resides in St. Paul, Minn.

Davis, Edward Parker, physician, obstetrician and author, of Philadelphia, Pa., was born Sept. 16, 1856, near Syracuse, N.Y. Graduate of Princeton University, and M.A. of Princeton; graduate of medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; also studied in Europe. Superintendent of Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, professor of obstetrics in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; editor of the American Journal of Medical Sciences, 1890-98; author of "Treatise on Obstetrics," "Operative Obstetrics," "Obstetric Gynecologic Nursing," "Mother and Child," "Monographs and Papers." Ex-president and member American Gynecological Society, International Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Medical Association, College of Physicians of Philadelphia; ex-president Philadelphia Obstetrical Society; honorary member Academy of Surgery of Bucharest, Ophthalmological Society of Egypt, Gynecological Society of Chicago, Medical Society State of Virginia. Obstetrician to the Jefferson Hospital, obstetrician and gynecologist to the Philadelphia Hospital, consultant to the Preston Retreat.

Davis, Francis William, physician, born Champion, Jefferson County, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1862; son of Richard and Elizabeth (Richards) Davis; educated in public schools in Jefferson County, N.Y.; N.Y. Univ. Med. Coll., M.D., 1893; State Normal Coll., Albany, N.Y.; diploma Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 1892; received diploma from State Med. Board of N.J., 1905; married, N.Y. City, 1895, Emma Schultze. Public school teacher in Jefferson County, N.Y., 1881-89. Engaged in practice of medicine in N.Y. City from graduation, 1893; physician to N.Y. Hosp., out-patient dept. Captain Nat. Vol. Emergency Service. Republican. Member M.E. Church, Am. Med. Assn. of Greater N.Y., N.Y. State Med. Soc., Alumni Assn. N.Y. Univ., East Side Med. Soc., Jefferson County Soc., F. & A. M., mem. of Half-Past Nine Club, of Chas. Dickens' Sons of St. George. Physician for the Albion Mutual Benefit Soc., N.Y. City; also physician for Burdett Coutts Lodge No. 41, Daughters of St. George, Metamora Tribe, Improved Order Red Men. Mem. Sons of St. George, Re-publican Club of 25th Assembly Dist. Address : 142 W. 12th St., N.Y. City. Member of The National Geographic Society; physician for Mohawk Tribe No. 1, Improved Order Red Men; also member of The Masonic Veterans' Association; member Men's Parish Club; Church St. John's Evangelist; also member Indian Mountain Club, Adirondack mountains.

Davis, James W., physician; born Wartburg, Tenn., April 12, 1868; English descent; son of David W. and Mary (Pitts) Davis; father, physician; educated in Tenn., and graduated from Columbia University, M.D., 1891; in early life a farmer; married Delilah Peterman, Feb. 23, 1902; Republican; member of Methodist Church; engaged in the practice of medicine at Windle, Tenn.

Davis, Jeffrey, cotton manufacturer, was born Centreville, R.I., Sept. 2, 1850; son of William D. and Mary Eleanor (Congdoh) Davis; grad. Brown Univ., B.P., class 1870; married, Providence, R.I., 1888, Abby P. C. Cunliffe. In manufacturing business since 1870. Pres. Quidnick Windham Mfg. Co., dir. Am. Enamel Co., Mercantile Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Providence Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Republican ; Episcopalian. Mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity, R.I. Sch. of Design. Treas. and dir. R.I. Humane Ed'n. Soc. Recreations: Golf, motoring, fishing. Clubs : Hope, Agawam, Squantum, Point Judith Country, Narragansett Pier Reading Room, Brown Univ. (N.Y.), Brown Univ. (Providence, R.I.). Residence: Kingston, R.I., and Narragansett Pier, R.I. Address : 19 Westminster St., Providence, R.I.

Davis, John F., lawyer; born, Angel Island, Marin Co., Cal., June 5, 1859. Educated, public schools, San Francisco ; A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 1881; grad. Hastings College of Law, Univ. of Cal., 1884; two years post-graduate work in Germany and France. Married Lillian Parks, of Jackson, Amador Co., Cal., Oct. 26, 1897. Children : Mary, Ruth, John. App. Judge of Superior Court of Amador Co., by Gov. Markham in 1892; served a term in the legislature of 1899 and 1901 as State Senator, representing the 14th senatorial district, then composed of Amador, Calaveras, Alpine and Mono counties. Code Commissioner for State of Cal. (app. by Gov. Pardee), 1902 to Oct., 1907. Clubs : Harvard, Bohemian, Commonwealth. Member: Beta Theta Pi, Native Sons of the Golden West. Residence : 1430 Masonic Ave., San Francisco Cal. Office : 1404 Humboldt Say. Bank Bldg.: San Francisco, Cal.

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Davis, John Marcus, general superintendent Southern Pacific Co. Office San Francisco, Cal. Born at Palestine, Texas, Nov. 5, 1871. Entered railway service 1888 as freight brakeman, San Antonio & Arkansas Pass Ry., since which he has been consecutively, Sept., 1891, to Oct., 1894, stenographer to superintendent Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry., at Temple, Texas; Oct., 1894, to Oct., 1895, chief clerk to superintendent Mexican Central Ry., at Tampico, Mexico; Oct., 1895, to March, 1896, clerk general manager's office Great Northern Ry., at Duluth, Minn. ; March, 1896, to Oct., 1897, chief clerk in office of marine superintendent Northern Steamship Co., At Buffalo, N.Y.; Oct., 1897, to March, 1898, chief clerk to assistant general superintendent Great Northern Ry., at St. Paul, Minn. ; March to July, 1898, assistant superintendent St. Cloud and Fergus Falls divisions at Melrose, Minn.; July, 1908, to Jan., 1900, superintendent Breckenridge and Montant divisions same road; Jan. 1, 1900, to March, 1902, superintendent Erie Rd., at Scranton, Pa.; March to Aug. 1, 1902, superintendent Union Steamboat Line Erie Rd. at Buffalo, N.Y.; Aug. 1, 1902, to May, 1903, superintendent Allegheny division same road; May 1, 1903, to Nov, 25, 1904, superintendent Eastern and Superior divisions Great Northern Ry., at Superior, Wis.; Nov. 25, 1904, to April 30, 1905, superintendent Dakota division same road; May 1 to July 1, 1905, superintendent Minot division; July 1, 1905, to Dec. 15, 1906, assistant general superintendent central district same road, at Minot, N.D.; Dec. 30, 1906, to Nov., 1907, assistant general superintendent Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines at Salt Lake City, Utah; Nov., 1907, to June, 1908, acting general superintendent; June, 1908, to June, 1910, general superintendent Oregon Short Line and Southern Pacific Company line in Nevada; June 1, 1910, to date, general superintendent Southern Pacific Company, Central district, at San Francisco, Cal.

Davis, John William, congressman, of Clarksburg, W.Va., where he was born on April 13, 1873, where he now resides. He was elected to the House of Delegates of West Virginia, session 1899, and made chairman of the judiciary committee of that body; was candidate on the Democratic ticket for elector at large in 1900, and a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1904; was president of the West Virginia Bar Association in 1906, and appointed in 1909.a member of the West Virginia Commission on Uniform State Laws; was elected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses.

Davis, Lucas E., farmer and banker; born, Henry Co., Tenn., Jan. 10, 1850; Irish descent; son of Josiah and Melinda (Sexton) Davis; father's occupation, cabinetmaker; received common school education; worked on the farm until the age of 17, and on the railroad for about three years; moved from Henry Co. to Benton Co. in 1872; worked on a farm and taught school for the support of a widowed mother and sisters; in the fall of 1884 moved near Camden, Tenn., and entered the mercantile business and purchased a farm; sold out business, but again entered retail business in 1903, and again sold out about a year later; was three times elected Justice of Peace for Benton Co., serving sixteen years in all; is a Master Mason and a Royal Arch Mason, also member of the Woodmen of the World; was elected president of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, which position he held till the First National Bank, Camden, was organized, and he was elected president of the latter, which position he now holds ; married twice, to Kizzie Farmer, Feb. 5, 1885; Dora Parker, May 12, 1889. Independent Democrat; member of Methodist church, South; elected County Judge of Benton Co. for full term, then elected by the county court to fill out an unexpired term; then re-elected by the people for a full term in August, 1910.

Davis, Robert William, banker; born, Weatherford, Texas, Oct. 4, 1872; son of William W.. and Aurelia (Carlow) Davis; graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., B.A., 1892; married, Memphis, Tenn., July, 10, 1902, Grace Flippin; one son. Cashier and director of the First National Bank of Weatherford Texas, since 1903. Democrat. Member Kappa Alpha fraternity. Residence: 305 W. Oak St. Office: First National Bank, Weatherford, Texas.

Davis, Walter Gee, banker; born, Cambridge, Mass., March 21, 1870; son of Thomas Mason and Esther Maria (Gee) Davis; attended Cambridge public schools, and Harvard College ; married, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 27, 1892, Elizabeth Gertrude Cheney. Editorial and special writer on financial publications; assistant cashier Cambridgeport National Bank; organized in 1904, and secretary, treasurer and director of Central Trust Co. of Cam-bridge; clerk and director in Potter Confectionery Co. of Cam-bridge. Republican; Methodist; president Cambridge Board of Trade. Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk. Clubs: Colonial, Economy, Harvard Union; Harvard Club of Boston. Residence : 160 Up-land Road. Office : 599 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass.

Davis, Walter Wesley, lawyer and mine operator; born, Decatur, Ill., Feb. 10, 1863; son, John and Martha Ann (Powell) D. Attended Scientific Dept., Univ. of Kansas, 1886-89; followed field engrg. during vacations with U.S. Geological Survey; asst. astronomer, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, in Alaska, 1889-91. Studied and practiced law several years, obtaining both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Columbia Univ., Washington, D.C. Married, Harriet Kelley, May 8, 1902, at Oakland, Cal. Practiced law in Kansas City, Mo., in partnership with L. A. Laughlin under firm name of Laughlin & Davis, 1894-97. In 1897, went to Leadville, Colo., has since practiced law and operated mines. Vice-pres. and gent, mgr., Yak Mining, Milling & Tunnel Co., since 1899; active mgr., in charge of operations of several mining companies, in Leadville; during one year, Oct., 1911, to Oct., 1912, was gen, mgr. Smuggler Leasing Co., at Aspen, Colo. Under his administration the mine was made one of the most profitable in Colo. Member Colorado Scientific Soc., Am. Inst. of Mining Engrs., Am. Bar Assn., K. of P., B.P.O. Elks. Clubs: Denver, Denver Country, University (Kansas City, Mo.), Railroad (N.Y.), Great Neck Hills Country (N.Y.), Phi Kappa Psi (college fraternity). Res.: Great Neck Station, Long Island, N.Y. Office: Leadville, Colo., and 1328 Broadway (Marbridge Bldg.), New York.

Davis, William I., lawyer; born, Riley Co., Kan., Dec. 8, 1871; son of Jasper and Melvina (Hodges) Davis; father's occupation, farming; paternal grandparents Andy and Lucy (Mayes) Davis. Educated at Tazewell (Tenn.) College; began career as a railroader, working on grades and trestles; married Julia C. Essary, May 26, 1895; member I. O. 0. F. and K. of P.; Chancellor Commander of latter; Republican; Chairman Republican State Convention, 1908; former Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Circuit Court Clerk of Claiborne Co., Tenn., and senator from Third Senatorial District, 1905-06; at present he is assistant U.S. Attorney for Eastern district of Tenn. ; vice-president Claiborne National Bank, Tazewell, Tenn.

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Davison, Charles Stewart, lawyer, of 60 Wall St., New York City, was born, N.Y. City, April 14, 1855; second son of Edward Francis and Charlotte Sewall ( White) Davison; educated, private schools and abroad with tutor; Harvard Univ., class of 1875; Columbia Coll. Law Sell., L.L.B.., 1877; Univ. of Cambridge, Eng., M.A.; Inner Temple, London; unmarried. Chm'n cony. of Good Gov't clubs; chm 'n Parker Independent clubs. Mem. N.Y. Zool. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, Ass'n Bar City of N.Y. (Exec. Com.), Am. Bison Soc. Am. Breeders Ass'n, Mar: Ass'n of U.S., N.Y. Law Inst., Civil Service Reform Ass'n. Clubs: Knickerbocker, University, Century, Harvard, Boone & Crockett, Down Town, Pitt (Eng.), "A. D. C." (Eng.), Royal I. of P. Y. C. (Eng.).

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Dawes, Charles Oates, banker, born at Marietta, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1865; son of General Rufus R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. He was prepared in the public schools of Marietta and then entered Marietta College, from which he was graduated as A. B. in 1884, afterward entering the Cincinnati Law School, graduating in 1886 as LL.B. During his summer vacations from college and law school he served with civil engineering parties, and after graduation became chief engineer of a railroad which is now a part of the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad until 1887, when he went to Lincoln, Neb., and engaged in the practice of law there until 1894. Since then he has been interested in the gas business. Mr. Dawes has always been a Republican, and he became particularly active in the movement to secure the nomination of Governor William McKinley of Ohio for president of the United States. He was given executive charge of the movement in Illinois, which was so successful that the State Republican Convention held at Springfield, Illinois, in 1896, instructed the delegates chosen to the National Convention to cast their votes for the nomination of Mr. McKinley. Mr. Dawes was selected a member of the Executive Committee of the 'Republican National Committee in the campaign of 1896, and in 1897 he was appointed by President McKinley comptroller of the currency of the United States. He served in that capacity until 1901, when he resigned. In 1902 he established the Central Trust Company of Illinois, of which he has ever since been president, and he is also a director of other banks of Chicago. Mr. Dawes is author of a volume on The Banking System of the United States. Mr. Dawes is a member of the Union League, Chicago, Hamilton, Evanston, Evanston Country, Glen View and Evans-ton Golf Clubs. Mr. Dawes married at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 24, 1889, Cora D. Blymyer, and of that union there are two children : Rufus Fearing Dawes (now deceased), and Carolyn Dawes. Res.: Evanston, Ill. Office address: Central Trust Company, Chicago, Ill.

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Dawson, George Walter, professor of drawing, of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., was born March 16, 1870, in Andover, Mass. He has been a pupil of Massachusetts Normal Art School in Boston, and president of Philadelphia Water Color Club. He is a member of Chicago Water Color Club and professor of drawing at the University of Pennsylvania.

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