Name David Davis | ||
David Floyd Davis (July 10, 1867 Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York – November 7, 1951 Newark, New Jersey) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of David Frank Davis (1834–1879) and Betsey Sophia (Wiggins) Davis (1843–1909). In 1890, he opened an oil distribution business. On November 15, 1893, he married Edith Clyde Smith (1870–1961), and they had two children.
Davis was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 4th D.) in 1898; and a member of the New York State Senate (4th D.) in 1899 and 1900.
In 1906, he testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission to how Standard Oil was trying to push independent oil dealers out of business.
References
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