Jackson B. Davis
| Jackson B. Davis | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for Caddo and Bossier parishes (later District 37) | |
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In office 1956–1980 |
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| Preceded by |
Charles Emery Tooke Jr. B. H. "Johnny" Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Sydney B. Nelson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jackson Beauregard Davis March 27, 1918 Lecompte, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | August 22, 2016 (aged 98) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Rosemary Slattery Davis (m. 1944) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parents | Jesse Octo Litha Pittman Davis |
| Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana College Northwestern State University Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
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(1) A Democrat, Davis repudiated U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 general election and instead supported Republican Barry Goldwater. (2) Davis spent his entire United States Navy service (1941-1946) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
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(1) A Democrat, Davis repudiated U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 general election and instead supported Republican Barry Goldwater.
Jackson Beauregard Davis Sr. (March 27, 1918 – August 22, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician based in Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1980. Into his nineties, Davis continued to practice law and was active in community affairs, often addressing public gatherings.
Davis was born on March 27, 1918 near Lecompte in south Rapides Parish, one of three children of Jesse Octo Davis (1893–1986) and the former Litha Pittman (1893–1961). Not long before Thanksgiving Day in 1961, his mother, who was then living in Baton Rouge, and her sister, Essie Pittman Linzay, and a third woman, were killed in a two-car crash at Pine Grove. Davis studied at Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville from 1932 to 1933, at Northwestern State University in , Louisiana, from 1933 to 1934, and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge from 1934 to 1936. He obtained a master's degree from LSU in 1937 and his Bachelor of Laws in 1940 from Louisiana State University Law Center.
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