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Postcard of Emmons Apartment building in Huntington, West Virginia.

1. Emmons Apartments, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
007009
Title:
Emmons Apartments, Huntington, W. Va.
Description:
Postcard of Emmons Apartment building in Huntington, West Virginia.
Tree-lined sidewalk in Lewisburg, W. Va.

2. Tree-lined Sidewalk, Lewisburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007371
Title:
Tree-lined Sidewalk, Lewisburg, W. Va.
Description:
Tree-lined sidewalk in Lewisburg, W. Va.

3. Horseless Carriage in Front of McCreery Hotel in Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014553
Title:
Horseless Carriage in Front of McCreery Hotel in Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.

4. McCreery Hotel in Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014554
Title:
McCreery Hotel in Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated

5. Summers County Courthouse, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
014555
Title:
Summers County Courthouse, Hinton, W. Va.

6. Hinton Hospital, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014556
Title:
Hinton Hospital, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910

7. Drawing of the City of Hinton and the New River, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014557
Title:
Drawing of the City of Hinton and the New River, Summers County, W. Va.

8. Home of the Elks and Citizens Bank on Second Avenue, Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014558
Title:
Home of the Elks and Citizens Bank on Second Avenue, Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.
Post Card from the Valley View Hotel.

9. Valley View Hotel, Talcott, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014559
Title:
Valley View Hotel, Talcott, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1909/01/17
Description:
Post Card from the Valley View Hotel.

10. Old Waterwheel Mill Near Hinton in Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014560
Title:
Old Waterwheel Mill Near Hinton in Summers County, W. Va.
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.

11. John W. Davis

IDNO:
027360
Title:
John W. Davis
Description:
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.

12. Mrs. Tom Mathews

IDNO:
029541
Title:
Mrs. Tom Mathews