Davis
Davis names 15 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Davis JEFFERSON, an American statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JEFFERSON, an American statesman; born in Abbeville, Christian co., Ky., June 3, 1808. When he was three years old, his father removed with his family to Wilkinson co., Miss. He received an academical education and entered Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1822, which he left in 1824 to enter the United States Military Academy from which he was graduated in 1828. He was appointed a second Lutenant of infantry, and served on the Northwestern frontier during the Black Hawk War of 1831-1832. In 1831 he was promoted to first lieutenant of dragoons for gallantry in action, and was employed in operations against the Pawnees, Comanches, and other Indian tribes. In June, 1835, he resigned his commission, and retired to a cotton plantation in Mississippi. In 1843 he began to take an interest in politics upon the Democratic side; and in 1844 was chosen a presidential elector. In 1845 he was elected a Representative to Congress; but resigned in 1846, having been elected colonel of the First Mississippi Volunteer Regiment of rifles, and served in the Mexican War, greatly distinguishing himself at Monterey and Buena Vista, and being severely wounded in the latter battle. He was appointed a Brigadier-General of volunteers by President Polk in 1847, but declined the commission on the grounds that, by the Constitution, the militia appointments were reserved to the States, and that such appointments by the President were in violation of State rights. The same year he was chosen to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate, and was re-elected by acclamation in 1850 for a full term. In 1853 he was appointed Secretary of War by President Pierce, and in 1857 was again elected to the United States Senate, when he took a prominent place among the Southern leaders, and was among the most determined of them all in his assertions of the rights of the States under the Constitu- JEFFERSON DAVIS tion, and also of the right of secession. On Jan. 21, 1861, he took his leave of the Senate in a speech in which he gave his opinion that, by the secession of his State, his connection with that body was terminated, and reaffirmed the doctrine of the right of secession. The Confederate Congress, at Montgomery, Ala., chose him President, under the Provisional Constitution, on Feb. 9, 1861, and he accepted the office on the 16th. On April 17, two days after the first proclamation of President Lincoln, he responded by a proclamation authorizing privateering; and on Aug. 14 issued a second one, warning all persons of 14 years and upward, owing a allegiance to the United States, to leave the Confederacy within 40 days, or be treated as alien enemies. On Nov. 6 he was chosen permanent President, and was inaugurated Feb. 22, 1862. Mr. Davis continued to be President of the Southern Confederacy until his capture at Irwinsville, Ga., May 10, 1865, having left Richmond a few hours before before General Lee withdrew his troops, and after General Lee's surrender, when he was endeavoring to reach the Army of the West. He was conveyed to Fort Monroe, and indicted by the Grand Jury of the District of Columbia for treason. He was never brought to trial; never asked pardon, and only asked a trial; but, after two years' imprisonment, was released, at the instance of the Government, on bail, Horace Greeley becoming one of his sureties. He was included in the General Amnesty Act of Congress (Dec. 25, 1868). The last years of his life were spent at Beauvoir, Miss. He died in New Orleans, La., Dec. 6, 1889, and in 1893, amid imposing ceremonies, his remains were removed to Richmond, Va., and reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery. He wrote a narrative of the events of 1861- 1865. "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" (1881).
Davis JOHN WILLIAM, an American lawyer and public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN WILLIAM, an American lawyer and public official, born in Clarksburg, W. Va., in 1873. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1892 and afterward took a course in law at that institution. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and in the following year served as assistant professor of law in Washington and Lee University. From 1897 he was engaged in the practice of law as a member of the law firm of Davis & Davis at Clarksburg, W. Va. He was a member of the State House of Delegates in 1899 and served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904. In 1911 he was elected to the 62d Congress and was reelected on the expiration of his term to the 63d Congress. He resigned in 1913 to accept the post of solicitor-general of the United States. He served until November, 1918, when he was appointed ambassador to Great Britain by President Wilson. He was a member of the American delegation for conferring with the Germans on the treatment and exchange of prisoners of war, in 1918. Mr. Davis was prominently mentioned as a candidate of the Democratic nomination for president in 1920.
Davis RICHARD HARDING
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
RICHARD HARDING, an American novelist and contributor to periodical literature; born in Philadelphia, April 18, 1864. He graduated at Lehigh University, and entered journalism in Philadelphia. His first purely literary success was the story of "Gallegher," based upon his newspaper experiences, and published with other stories in a volume (1891). Among his works are: "Stories for Boys" (1891); "Van Bibber and Others" (1892); "The Rulers of the Mediterranean" (1894); "The Princess Aline" (1895); "About Paris" (1895); "Three Gringoes in Venezuela and Central America" (1896); "Soldiers of Fortune" (1897); "The Lost Road" (1913), etc. In 1898 he was a war correspondent in Cuba and in 1900 he acted in the same capacity in South Africa and in the World War. He wrote a number of successful plays, among them "The Galloper," ," "The Yankee Tourist," and "Vera, the Medium." He served as war correspondent during the first years of the World War. He died in 1916.
Davis JAMES J., an American public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JAMES J., an American public official, born in Pittsburgh, in 1876. He attended public school, but when still a youth, went to Elwood, Ind., where he worked in a tin-plate mill. Two years later he was elected city clerk of Elwood, od, and later became county recorder. After some time spent in gold mining in the West, he undertook to reorganization of the Loyal Order of Moose. He was so successful in this endeavor that he was elected supreme dictator and reorganizer. Through his efforts about 1,500,000 men were brought into the organization. He engaged also in the manufacture of jewelry and other lines of business, and was actively identified with union labor. He founded the Orphan's Home of Moose at Mooseheart, Ill. He engaged in the banking business in Pittsburgh. Mr. Davis was appointed Secretary of Labor by President Harding and assumed office on March 4, 1921.
Davis CHARLES HENRY, an American rear-admiral
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES HENRY, an American rear-admiral, born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1845. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1864 and became an ensign in 1866. He rose through the grades, becoming commander in 1885; captain in 1898; and rear-admiral in 1904. He served on various stations and duties and was connected with several expeditions for the determination of the difference of longitude by means of submarine telegraph cables. In 1897-1898 he was superintendent of the Naval Observatory. He served during the Spanish-American War as commander of the auxiliary cruiser, "Dixie." In 1904-1905 he served as a member of the International Commission of Inquiry on the North Sea incident. He was retired by the operation of law on Aug. 28, 1907. He was the author of several books on the determination of longitude. He wrote "Life of Rear-Admiral Davis" (1899).
Davis KATHERINE BEMENT, an American public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
KATHERINE BEMENT, an American public official. She was born in Buffalo in 1860, and graduated from Vassar College in 1892 and later received the degree of Ph.D., from the University of Chicago. From 1892-1897 she was in Philadelphia in charge of the college settlement work. In 1901 she became superintendent of the Bedford Reformatory for girls, a position which she retained for 12 years. During her work as a penologist she applied scientific laboratory work in endeavoring to arrive at a right method in reforming delinquent girls and women. In 1914 Mayor Mayor Mit Mitchel appointed her Commissioner of Correction, she being the first woman commissioner ever appointed in New York City. She resigned in 1915 and was appointed chairman of the Parole Board of New York City, 1918.
Davis CUSHMAN KELLOGG, an American legislator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CUSHMAN KELLOGG, an American legislator; born in Henderson, N. Y., June 16, 1838. He was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1857; was admitted to the bar, but enlisted in the Union army in 1861. He began the practice of law in St. Paul in 1865; was chosen to the Minnesota Legislature in 1867; became United States district attorney in 1868; governor in 1874; and United States Senator in 1887, 1893 and 1899. He was a Republican, and a member of the Peace Commission, which negotiated the treaty between Spain and the United States in 1898. He was for several years chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and reported the resolution which practically declared war against Spain. He died at St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 27, 1900.
Davis WILLIAM MORRIS, an American geographer and geologist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM MORRIS, an American geographer and geologist, born in Philadelphia in 1850. He graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School in 1869 and took post-graduate studies in several foreign universities. He was assistant in the Argentine National Observatory from 1870 to 1873. In 1878 he became instructor of physical geography at Harvard University and was successively assistant professor and professor of this subject. In 1899 he was appointed Sturgis-Hooper professor of geology and continued to occupy this chair until 1912, when he became professor emeritus . He took part in many important geographical expeditions in Africa , Asia, and Australia. He was an honorary member of works include "Physical Geography" (1898); "Geographical Essays" ( 1909); and numerous scientific essays. He was associate editor of the "American Journal of Science."
Davis DAVID, an American jurist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
DAVID, an American jurist; born in Cecil co., Md., March 9, 1815. He was graduated at Kenyon College in 1832, and settled in Illinois as a lawyer in 1835. He was elected to the Legislature in 1844 and served as a State Circuit Judge from 1848 to 1862. In the latter year he was appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He voted in favor of the Legal Tender act. He resigned in 1877 to enter the United States Senate, of which he became president pro tem, in 1831, and retired in 1883. He died in Bloomington, Ill., June 26, 1886.
Davis WILLIAM STEARNS, an American author and university -professor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM STEARNS, an American author and university -professor, born at Amherst, Mass., in 1877 . He graduated from Harvard in 1900 and took his doctor's degree in 1905. In 1907 he became associate professor of mediæval and modern history at Oberlin College, and in 1909 professor of history at the University of Minnesota. His writings include historical works and also some historical romances . Most impor tant of these are: "A Victor of Salamis " (1907); "The Influence of Wealth in Imperial Rome" (1910); "The Friar of Wittenberg" (1912); "A History of Mediæval and Modern Europe" (1914).
Davis CHARLES HENRY, an American mathematician
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES HENRY, an American mathematician; born in Boston, Jan. 16, 1807. He entered the United States navy in 1823, and was commissioned commander in 1854. He made several coast-surveys, partly in conjunction with Prof. A. D. Bache, and partly with others. He wrote "Memoir upon the Geological Action of the Tidal and other Currents of the Ocean," and "The Law of Deposit of the Flood Tide." He was also one of the founders of the "American Nautical Almanac." He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 18, 1877.
Davis OSCAR KING, an American journalist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
OSCAR KING, an American journalist, born in Baldwinsville, N. Y., in 1866. He graduated from Colgate University in 1888. He served as special correspondent on the New York "Sun" and other papers during the Spanish- American War and the Philippine Insurrection. He also served as correspondent in the Boxer troubles in China in 1900 and in the Russo-Japanese War. He was secretary of the Progressive National Committee in 1912. He wrote "Our Conquests in the Pacific"; "Dewey's Capture of Manila"; "The Storm Birds," etc.
Davis VARINA ANNE JEFFER- many foreign geographical societies
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
VARINA ANNE JEFFER- many foreign geographical societies. His SON, "the Daughter of the Confederacy"; born in Richmond, Va., June 27, 1864. Her father was Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States, and she was born in the Executive Mansion. Her education was obtained partly in the United States and partly in Germany and France, and she wrote "The Veiled Doctor," a novel, and numerous essays and tales. She died at Narragansett Pier, R. I., Sept 18, 1898. RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
Davis REBECCA HARDING, an American novelist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
REBECCA HARDING, an American novelist; born in Washington, Pa., June 24, 1831. She contributed many short stories and sketches to periodicals, and has written several novels, including: "Life in the Iron Mills" (1861); "A Story of Today" (1861), published later under the title "Margaret Howth"; and "A Law Unto Herself" (1878). (1878). Her later works include: "Waiting for the Verdict"; "Dallas Galbraith"; "Natasqua," and "Frances Waldeaux." She died Sept. 29, 1910.
Davis JOHN WILLIAM, elected president of the American Bar Association
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN WILLIAM, elected president of the American Bar Association, 1922.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the fifteen Davises gathered here, three have had markedly different afterlives. Collier's in 1921 noted that John William Davis, then ambassador to Britain, had been "prominently mentioned" for the 1920 Democratic nomination; he won it in 1924, after a record 103 ballots, lost heavily to Coolidge, and ended his career arguing for South Carolina in defence of school segregation in the cases decided as Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Jefferson Davis, whose reburial at Hollywood Cemetery in 1893 Collier's describes with approval, had his United States citizenship restored posthumously by Congress in 1978, and the monuments raised to him have since been removed in numbers, including the Davis statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue, pulled down in 2020. Richard Harding Davis, the best-paid reporter of his day, died in 1916 and is now read less for novels like "Soldiers of Fortune" than as the model for the dashing foreign correspondent as a type.
Written for this edition, 2026.