Mendel Jackson Davis

Mendel Jackson Davis ( born October 23, 1942 in North Charleston, South Carolina; † 13 May 2007 Charleston, South Carolina ) was an American politician. Between 1971 and 1981 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Mendel Davis attended the public schools of his home and then to 1966, the College of Charleston, where he studied history. After a subsequent law studies at the University of South Carolina and its made ​​in 1970 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in North Charleston. Davis became a member of the Democratic Party. For ten years he worked on the staff of Congressman L. Mendel Rivers, his godfather, after he had been named.

After the death of Rivers Davis was at the election due in the first electoral district of South Carolina as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he joined on April 27, 1971 to its new mandate. After he was confirmed in each case in the following four regular elections Davis could remain until January 3, 1981 at the Congress. He campaigned for better health policies and the introduction of minimum wages. During his time in Congress and the Watergate affair fell.

1980 Davis waived for health reasons for reelection. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer. He also hosted a radio talk show. In Charleston County was Mendel Davis party leader of the Democrats. He died on 13 May 2007 from emphysema.

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