James C. Davis

James Curran Davis (May 17, 1895 – December 18, 1981) was a politician from the state of Georgia.

Davis was born in Franklin, Georgia. He attended Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia and Emory College in Oxford, Georgia. During World War I, Davis served in the United States Marine Corps. He worked as an attorney and served as a state representative and a judge before being elected to represent Georgia's 5th congressional district in the House of Representatives as a Democrat. Davis served in Congress from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1963.

Davis was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto, a document expressing the opposition of Southern congressional representatives to integration. At the 1956 Democratic National Convention in August, he received 33 votes for President (sixth place).

References

United States Congress. "James C. Davis (id: D000109)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Helen Douglas Mankin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th congressional district January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1963	Succeeded by Charles Weltner

United States presidential election, 1956

Republican Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee	Dwight D. Eisenhower

VP nominee	Richard Nixon

Democratic Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee	Adlai Stevenson

VP nominee	Estes Kefauver

Candidates	John S. Battle Happy Chandler James C. Davis W. Averell Harriman Lyndon B. Johnson Frank Lausche George Bell Timmerman Jr.

Third party and independent candidates

American Vegetarian Party

Nominee	Herbert M. Shelton

VP nominee	Symon Gould

Prohibition Party

Nominee	Enoch A. Holtwick

VP nominee	Herbert C. Holdridge

Socialist Labor Party

Nominee	Eric Hass

VP nominee	Georgia Cozzini

Socialist Party

Nominee	Darlington Hoopes

VP nominee	Samuel H. Friedman

Socialist Workers Party

Nominee	Farrell Dobbs

VP nominee	Myra Tanner Weiss

Independents and other candidates

T. Coleman Andrews
Gerald L. K. Smith

Other 1956 elections: House
Senate

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