John T. Davies | |
Order: | 3rd |
Office: | President of the Minnesota Senate |
Term Start: | 1981 |
Term End: | 1983 |
Preceded: | Edward J. Gearty |
Succeeded: | Jerome M. Hughes |
Office2: | Member of the Minnesota Court of Appeals |
Appointed2: | Rudy Perpich |
Term Start2: | July 1, 1990 |
Term End2: | September 1, 2000 |
Office3: | Minnesota State Senator |
Term Start3: | January 1959 |
Term End3: | January 1983 |
Party: | Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1932 |
Birth Place: | Harvey, North Dakota |
Alma Mater: | Itasca Community College University of Minnesota |
Occupation: | Journalist Attorney |
Spouse: | Janet Tripp (div.) Patricia Davies |
Children: | Elizabeth, Ted Elliot, and John Thomas III |
Residence: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
John Thomas "Jack" Davies II (born January 6, 1932) is a Minnesota DFL politician, a former legislator and jurist, and a former President of the Minnesota Senate.
Davies served as a sports editor for KSTP-TV, and later earned a law degree from the University of Minnesota, eventually working as a professor at William Mitchell College of Law. Davies was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1959, and served until 1983. While in office, he served as chair of the judiciary committee, and as President of the Senate during his last term. In 1990, Davies was appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals by Gov. Rudy Perpich, a position he held until he retired in 2000.[1]