James Houston \"Jimmie\" Davis (September 11, 1899-- November 5, 2000) was a vocalist and also songwriter of both sacred and also popular songs who offered for 2 nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the guv of his indigenous Louisiana. Although September 11, 1899 is currently frequently approved as his day of birth, that is doubtful because no documentation exists. Davis was a nationally prominent c and w and also gospel vocalist from the 1930s right into the 1960s, periodically recording and doing as late as the early 1990s. He was sworn in right into 6 halls of fame, including the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

James Houston "Jimmie" Davis (September 11, 1899-- November 5, 2000) was a vocalist and also songwriter of both sacred and also popular songs who offered for 2 nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the guv of his indigenous Louisiana. Although September 11, 1899 is currently frequently approved as his day of birth, that is doubtful because no documentation exists.

Davis was a nationally prominent c and w and also gospel vocalist from the 1930s right into the 1960s, periodically recording and doing as late as the early 1990s. He was sworn in right into 6 halls of fame, including the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Early life

Davis was birthed to a sharecropping couple, the former Sarah Elizabeth Works as well as Samuel Jones Davis, in the now-ghost town of Beech Springs southeast of Quitman in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana. The family was so bad that youthful Jimmie did not have a bed where to sleep up until he was nine years of ages. His actual birth day is unknown. Baseding on the New York Times, "Various newspaper and also magazine articles over the last 70 years stated he was birthed in 1899, 1901, 1902 or 1903. He told The New York Times numerous years ago that his sharecropper parents could possibly never ever recollect just when he was born-- he was, nevertheless, one of 11 children-- and that he had not had the tiniest suggestion when it actually was." According to the Los Angeles Times, "Davis was not sure exactly how aged he was, noting just that he was birthed around the turn of the last century." The birth date listed on his Country Music Hall of Fame plaque is Sept. 11, 1902.

Political career

Years later on in the center of Davis' 2nd term as governor, George W. D'Artois was chosen public safety commissioner by unseating fellow Democrat J. Earl Downs. After four years in Shreveport City Hall, Davis was elected in 1942 to the Louisiana Public Service Commission but left the rate-making body, which satisfies in Baton Rouge, 2 years later on to begin his very first term as guv.

Political legacy

Davis developed a State Retirement System and also funding of greater than $100 million in public remodels while leaving the state with a $38 million excess after his first term.

Throughout his 2nd term, Davis developed the Sunshine Bridge, the brand-new Louisiana Governor's Mansion, and Toledo Bend Reservoir, all criticized at the time, yet later identified as beneficial to the state. Davis worked with the pay durations of state workers, which had actually in some cases obtained their checks a week late, a particular challenge to those with reduced incomes.

Earl Long as soon as mentioned that Davis was so unwinded and also low-key that one could not "wake up Jimmie Davis with an earthquake".

Public relations professional Gus Weill, who worked in the Davis campaign in 1959, created a bio of the previous guv in 1977, qualified You Are My Sunshine, based upon Davis' best-known tune.

Personal life

Davis' very first spouse, the previous Alvern Adams, the daughter of a medical professional in Shreveport, was the first lady while he was governor during both terms. She died in 1967. He afterwards married Anna Carter Gordon, after that a member of the Chuck Wagon Gang scripture singers based in Nashville, Tennessee. She died in 2004.

Davis was born to a sharecropping couple, the previous Sarah Elizabeth Works and also Samuel Jones Davis, in the now-ghost community of Beech Springs southeast of Quitman in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana. Davis was chosen in 1938 as Shreveport's public safety commissioner. Years later on in the center of Davis' 2nd term as guv, George W. D'Artois was chosen public safety commissioner by unseating fellow Democrat J. Earl Downs. After four years in Shreveport City Hall, Davis was chosen in 1942 to the Louisiana Public Service Commission but left the rate-making body, which meets in Baton Rouge, 2 years later on to start his very first term as guv.

Davis' very first other half, the former Alvern Adams, the little girl of a medical professional in Shreveport, was the initial female while he was guv throughout both terms.

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11 Sep 1899, , Louisiana, Married to (1) Alvern Adams Davis (2) Anna Carter Gordon Davis.

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Davis was elected in 1938 as Shreveport's public safety commissioner. Years later in the middle of Davis' second term as governor, George W. D'Artois was elected public safety commissioner by unseating fellow Democrat J. Earl Downs. D'Artois held the position for nearly four terms before he was forced to step down in scandal, much of which has never been resolved. At the time, Shreveport had the city commission form of government but switched in 1978 to the current mayor-council format. After four years in Shreveport City Hall, Davis was elected in 1942 to the Louisiana Public Service Commission but left the rate-making body, which meets in Baton Rouge, two years later to begin his first term as governor.

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