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The Davis family is an Irish American and British American family, prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the Whig Party, the Federalist Party, and the Republican Party. Harvard and Yale educations have been frequent among them, and most had gone further on to law school.
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.
Kathy Garver (born Kathleen Marie Garver; December 13, 1945) [1] is an American actress most remembered for having portrayed the teenaged orphan, Catherine "Cissy" Davis, on the popular 1960s CBS sitcom, Family Affair.
In 1982, J.E. Davis spearheaded a $6 million corporate fund-raising drive and donated 140 acres of property to the Mayo Clinic in order to build a new facility in Jacksonville. The location opened in October 1986, and is still funded by the Davis family. [8] The Davis family gave an additional 210 acres to the clinic in October 2022. [75]
Marvin Davis was raised in a Jewish family, [1] the son of Jack Davis and Jean Spitzer. [2] He had one younger sister, Joan (born 1929). His father came to the United States from London as a teenager in 1917 and later joined the British Navy after reportedly applying for a college scholarship but being denied it because he was Jewish. [2]
Anthony Marshon Davis Jr. (born March 11, 1993), nicknamed "AD", is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Davis plays the power forward and center positions. A ten-time NBA All-Star, he has been named to four All-NBA First Teams and five NBA All-Defensive Teams.
When author and historian Mike Davis died, it sent waves of grief across Southern California.. And in San Diego, where he lived up until his death, some of those waves washed ashore in his family ...
Davis is a surname of Welsh origin. It may be a corruption of Dyfed.Dyfed is recorded as a surname as late as the twelfth century, e.g. Gwynfard Dyfed, born 1175. Dafydd (generally translated into English as David) appears as a given name in the thirteenth century, e.g. Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales, and Dafydd ab Edmwnd (fl. c. 1450–1497), a Welsh poet.