Charles Russell Davis

Charles Russell Davis (born 17 September 1849 in Pittsfield, Illinois; † July 29, 1930 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1903 and 1925 he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Already in 1854 Charles Davis came with his father in the Le Sueur County, Minnesota. There he attended the public schools. At times, he has also taught privately. Afterwards he attended a trade school in Saint Paul. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1872 admitted to the bar he began in St. Peter to work in his new profession. Between 1878 and 1898, Davis was legal representatives of the parish of St. Peter. From 1879-1889 and again 1901-1903, he served as district attorney in Nicollet County. He was also a captain in the National Guard of Minnesota.

Politically, Davis member of the Republican Party. Between 1889 and 1890 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Minnesota. After that he belonged 1891-1895 to the State Senate. In the congressional elections of 1902, Davis was selected in the third electoral district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Joel Heatwole on March 4, 1903. After ten re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1925 eleven consecutive legislative periods. In the years 1921-1923 he was chairman of the Budget Committee. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. At that time the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were discussed and adopted. It was about the nationwide introduction of the income tax, the direct election of U.S. senators, the Prohibition Act and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage.

For the elections of 1924, Davis was not nominated by his party for another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He subsequently worked as a lawyer in Washington and St. Peter. Charles Davis died on July 29, 1930 in Washington, and was buried in St. Peter.