James Powhatan Davis

Offices

Indiana House
Carroll, Howard, Miami Counties
In office
Nov 4, 1908 to Nov 9, 1910

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
2 years, 5 days
Indiana House
Carroll, Howard, Miami Counties
In office
Nov 6, 1912 to Nov 4, 1914

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
1 year, 11 months, 28 days
Indiana Senate
Howard, Miami Counties
In office
Nov 8, 1922 to Nov 5, 1930

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
7 years, 11 months, 29 days
James Powhatan Davis spent 12 years, 2 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1924–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1924
54.48%
Fred S. Purnell (i)*, Republican, 51,280 votes
44.59%
James Powhatan Davis, Democratic, 41,973 votes
 0.93%
William L. McGaw, Socialist, 878 votes
Out of 94,131 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,307 (9.89%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, James Powhatan Davis had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.