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Glenn Robert Davis

Glenn Robert Davis
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Davis in 1956
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 9th district
In office
January 3, 1965 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by Lester Johnson
Succeeded by Bob Kasten
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 2nd district
In office
April 22, 1947 – January 3, 1957
Preceded by Robert Kirkland Henry
Succeeded by Donald Edgar Tewes
Personal details
Born October 28, 1914
Vernon, Wisconsin
Died September 21, 1988(1988-09-21) (aged 73)
Arlington, Virginia
Political party Republican
Military service
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service 1942–1945
Rank Lieutenant
Battles/wars World War II

Glenn Robert Davis (October 28, 1914 – September 21, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin. He represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district from April 22, 1947 to January 3, 1957, and Wisconsin's 9th congressional district from January 3, 1965 to December 31, 1974.

Davis was born on a small farm to a poor family in Vernon, Wisconsin. He excelled academically despite pressure from his father to forsake school for farming. He skipped several grades and was a teacher of the younger children in his one-room school house before graduating—three years early—from Mukwonago High School in 1930, at age 15.

Davis attended the Platteville State Teachers College (now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville) with a donation from his mother (who had been hiding the money from her husband for just such an occasion). He majored in education and went on to teach high school at Cottage Grove and Waupun for five years. Davis then went back to school, earning a law degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1940.

After passing the bar, Davis opened a law firm in Waukesha, Wisconsin. From this perch, he launched his first campaign for public office, with a successful bid for the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1940.

After a year in the legislature, Davis resigned his seat to join the U.S. Navy, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Lieutenant Davis served as the Communications officer aboard the USS Sangamon (CVE-26), an escort carrier. The ship sustained a Kamikaze attack the latter days of the war off of Okinawa. Although a third of the crew were casualties, Davis was uninjured.


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