John W. Davis

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John W. Davis was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as U.S. Solicitor General and Ambassador to the United Kingdom and later became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee in 1924.

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instanceOf diplomat
human
almaMater Washington and Lee University NERFINISHED
appointedBy Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED
barAdmission New York Bar NERFINISHED
West Virginia Bar NERFINISHED
burialPlace Locust Hill Cemetery, Clarksburg, West Virginia NERFINISHED
candidateInElection 1924 United States presidential election NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1873-04-13
dateOfDeath 1955-03-24
educatedAt Washington and Lee University NERFINISHED
Washington and Lee University School of Law NERFINISHED
father John J. Davis NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork appellate advocacy
constitutional law
gender male
honorificPrefix The Honorable
knownFor Democratic nominee for U.S. president in 1924
service as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
service as U.S. Solicitor General
legalSpecialty corporate law
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
mother Anna Kennedy Davis NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
nominatedFor President of the United States NERFINISHED
numberOfArgumentsBeforeUSSupremeCourt more than 100 GENERATED
occupation diplomat
lawyer
politician
participatedIn Scopes "Monkey" Trial (as attorney for the defense in appeals) NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Clarksburg, West Virginia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Charleston, South Carolina NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment conservative Democrat
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States Solicitor General NERFINISHED
practiceOfLaw New York City NERFINISHED
presidentialCandidateOf Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED
religion Episcopal Church
represented West Virginia's 1st congressional district NERFINISHED
representedClient J. P. Morgan & Co. NERFINISHED
large American corporations in appellate litigation
servedAs president of the American Bar Association
servedIn United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
spouse Grace Atherton Burleson NERFINISHED
workedFor Davis Polk & Wardwell NERFINISHED

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