John C. Davies (lawyer)

John Clay Davies
John Clay Davies
	John C. Davies in 1900
Born	January 1857; Utica, Oneida County, New York
Died	January 11, 1925; Camden, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Hamilton College
Occupation	Lawyer, politician
Board member of	New York State Assembly, State Board on Gas and Electricity

John Clay Davies (January 1857 – January 11, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was born in January 1857 in Utica, Oneida County, New York. He attended Hamilton College for a short time. He was admitted to the bar in 1878, and practiced in Camden.[1]

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida Co., 3rd D.) in 1887.

He was Deputy Attorney General under Theodore E. Hancock from 1894[2] to 1898. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894. He was New York Attorney General from 1899 to 1902, elected at the New York state election, 1898,[3] and re-elected at the New York state election, 1900. He was a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention. In 1902, he was the Republican candidate for Justice of the New York Supreme Court in the heavily Republican Fifth Judicial District, but was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Watson M. Rogers. Even his party fellows had accused him of incompetence, and had favored the nomination of an independent candidate.

In 1905, he was appointed a Commissioner of the State Board on Gas and Electricity (State Lighting Commission) by Governor Frank W. Higgins.[4]

He died on January 11, 1925, in Camden, New York.

Congressman John C. Davies II (1920–2002) was his grandson.

Sources

New York Red Book (1900; pg. 52)
Mr. Hancock Announces Appointments in the New York Times on December 30, 1893
THE CANDIDATES' CAREERS in the New York Times on September 28, 1898
NAMES ANTI-ODELL MEN FOR NEW STATE BOARD in the New York Times on June 6, 1905

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Israel J. White	New York State Assembly Oneida County, 3rd District 1887	Succeeded by George Beatty, Jr.
Legal offices
Preceded by Theodore E. Hancock	New York State Attorney General 1899–1902	Succeeded by John Cunneen

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[1] New York Red Book (1900; pg. 52)

[2] Mr. Hancock Announces Appointments in the New York Times on December 30, 1893

[3] THE CANDIDATES' CAREERS in the New York Times on September 28, 1898

[4] NAMES ANTI-ODELL MEN FOR NEW STATE BOARD in the New York Times on June 6, 1905