Jonathan McMillan Davis (1923-1925)

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Politician, Governor

Died: 27 June 1943, Fort Scott, Kansas.

Inaugural address, 1923
Governor's Message, 1923
Special Session Message, 1923
Message to the Senate, 1925

Allen's Democratic successor, Jonathan M. Davis, signed the eight month minimum school term bill. The state's twenty-second governor was born in Bourbon County on April 27, 1871. Davis served in the state legislature prior to his election as governor in 1922 and remained active in politics after his defeat in 1924. He died in Fort Scott on June 27, 1943.

Governor biographies courtesy of the Kansas Historical Society.