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View of John W. Davis being congratulated.  Shauer committee is back group.

1. John W. Davis being Congratulated after Meeting at Elks Club, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

2. Crowd Surrounds John W. Davis in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

3. John W. Davis' Arrival at Baltimore and Ohio Station, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

On Davis porch or yard in vineyard.  Left to right- Mrs. James Jackson, Mrs. John W. Davis, and unidentified.

4. Mrs. James Jackson, and Mrs. John W. Davis,Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

5. Leaving Central Presbyterian Church, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Davis, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

6. Arrival of John W. Davis, Presidential Candidate, Ellis Building, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

7. John W. Davis Leaving Central Presbyterian Church

8. John W. Davis Arriving at Train Station, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

9. Enroute to the John W. Davis Home, Lee Street, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

10. John W. Davis' Yard after Notification, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

11. Small Section of Crowd, Night of John. W. Davis Notification, Goff Plaza, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

12. Shaver and Davis after Davis was Introduced at Notification, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

Senator Thomas J. Walsh delivering a speech for West Virginia democratic presidential nominee John W. Davis in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

13. Senator Walsh of Montana, Opening Address at Notification of John W. Davis, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

14. John W. Davis Greeting Old Friends, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

View of townspeople greeting Davis in his front yard after his arrival.

15. Townspeople Greeting John W. Davis, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

16. John W. Davis Leaving Central Presbyterian Church

17. John W. Davis Entering Central Presbyterian Church, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

18. John W. Davis Speaking at a Ceremony in Goff Plaza, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

John W. Davis age 14 - at Pantops

19. John W. Davis

20. Portrait of John W. Davis on Horseback

DAVIS, John William, (son of John James Davis), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va., April 13, 1873; attended various private schools; was graduated from the literary department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1892; taught school; reentered the university and was graduated from its law department in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Clarksburg, W. Va.; professor of law at Washington and Lee University in 1896 and 1897; resumed the practice of law in Clarksburg, W. Va., in 1897; member of the State house of delegates in 1899; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904; president of the West Virginia Bar Association in 1906; appointed a member of the West Virginia Commission on Uniform State Laws in 1909; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, to August 29, 1913, when he resigned; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1912 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Robert W. Archbald, judge of the United States Commerce Court; Solicitor General of the United States 1913-1918; appointed Ambassador to the Court of St. James and served from November 21, 1918, to March 31, 1921; member of the American delegation for conference with Germany on the treatment and exchange of prisoners of war, held in Berne, Switzerland, in September 1918; honorary bencher of the Middle Temple, London, England; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1924; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932; was a resident of Nassau County, N.Y., and practiced law in New York City until his death; died in Charleston, S.C., March 24, 1955; interment in Locust Valley Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.

21. John W. Davis

22. Portrait of John W. Davis at Time of Marriage

23. Arrival of John W. Davis in Clarksburg

John W. Davis after services at Central Presbyterian Church, Sunday August 10th, 1924.

24. John W. Davis Leaving at Central Presbyterian Church, Clarksburg, W. Va.