Jackson B. Davis Explained

Office:Louisiana State Senator for Caddo and Bossier parishes (later District 37)
Term Start:1956
Term End:1980
Preceded:Charles Emery Tooke Jr.
B. H. "Johnny" Rogers
Succeeded:Sydney B. Nelson
Birth Name:Jackson Beauregard Davis
Birth Date:27 March 1918
Birth Place:Rapides Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
Death Place:Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Residence:Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation:Lawyer
Children:4
Parents:Jesse Octo
Litha Pittman Davis
Alma Mater:Louisiana College
Northwestern State University
Louisiana State University
Footnotes:(1) A Democrat, Davis repudiated U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 general election and instead supported Republican Barry Goldwater.

(2) Davis spent his entire United States Navy service (1941–1946) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Jackson Beauregard Davis Sr. (March 27, 1918 – August 22, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician based in Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1980.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2008 . legis.state.la.us . September 6, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520034700/http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/s1880-2008.pdf . May 20, 2011 .