Henry Gassaway Davis was born on November 16, 1823 in Baltimore, MD. 1904 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States who served as a U.S. senator from West Virginia.
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About
1904 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States who served as a U.S. senator from West Virginia.
Before Fame
He worked on a farm before working as a brakeman and Conductor for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He went into banking and coal mining after being put in charge of the Piedmont, West Virginia terminal of the railroad.
Trivia
In both 1889 and 1901, he represented the US at the Pan-American Conferences.
Family Life
He was the brother of U.S. Congressman Thomas Beall Davis. He was born in Woodstock, Baltimore, Maryland to parents Caleb Dorsey Davis and Louisa Warfield Brown. He married Katherine Ann Salome Bantz in 1853 and had eight children, three dying in infancy.
Associated With
Alongside presidential candidate Alton B. Parker, the Democratic Party pair would wind up losing the election to Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks.