Biographical Sketches:  JAMES H. DAVIDSON


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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under
the direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial
Statistics 1907.

The Wisconsin Blue Book. VII. Biographical Sketches. Members of the
Sixtieth Congress. Representatives, p. 1118

Eighth Congressional District. Calumet, Manitowoc, Portage, Waupaca,
Washara and Winnebago Counties. Populatoin, 1900 - 194,634.

JAMES H. DAVIDSON (Rep.), of Ohskosh, was born in Colchester, Delaware
county, New York, June 18th, 1858; was educated in the public schools
and at Walton (New York) Academy; taught school, studied law,
graduated from Albany Law School as president of the class in 1884,
and was in the same year admitted to the bar of New York; subsequently
moved to Wisconsin and commenced the practice of law at Princeton in
1887; in 1892 removed to Oshkosh and continued the practice of law; in
1895 was appointed city attorney; was chairman of the republican
congressional committee from 1890 to 1896; was elected to the 55th,
56th, 57th, 58th, 59th and 60th congresses, receiving 16,966 votes
against 9,549 for John E. McMullen (Dem.), 1,103 for J. J. Pitz
(Soc.), 700 for Chas. H. Forward (Pro.) and 54 for Wm. M. Minehan
(Ind. Rep.).