Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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James, Addison Davis

James, Addison Davis, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Morgantown, Butler County, Ky., February 27, 1850; attended the public schools; began the study of medicine in 1870; was graduated from the University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., in 1873; member of the State constitutional convention in 1890; member of the State house of representatives 1891-1893; commissioner to the World’s Fair at Chicago representing the State of Kentucky in 1892 and 1893; member of the State senate in 1895; appointed United States marshal for the district of Kentucky on July 6, 1897; reappointed on December 17, 1901, and served until December 31, 1905; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of medicine; died in Penrod, Ky., June 10, 1947; interment in cemetery on the family estate.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "James, Addison Davis," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1366 Original Sources, accessed December 1, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=11CHNR5NQTT6TRY.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "James, Addison Davis." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1366, Original Sources. 1 Dec. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=11CHNR5NQTT6TRY.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'James, Addison Davis' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1366. Original Sources, retrieved 1 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=11CHNR5NQTT6TRY.