Henry Gassaway Davis

About Henry Gassaway Davis

Birth Day: November 16, 1823
Birth Place: Baltimore, MD
Died On: Mar 11, 1916 (age 92)
Birth Sign: Scorpio

Henry Gassaway Davis Net Worth

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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💰Henry Gassaway Davis Net worth: $1.7 billion

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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.

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Alongside presidential candidate Alton B. Parker, the Democratic Party pair would wind up losing the election to Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks.