Background
Davis, Claude Junior was born on January 27, 1922 in Saint Augustine, Illinois, United States. Son of Claude Hunter and Lura Mildred (Totten) Davis.
Davis, Claude Junior was born on January 27, 1922 in Saint Augustine, Illinois, United States. Son of Claude Hunter and Lura Mildred (Totten) Davis.
Bachelor of Arts Economics magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1945, Juris Doctor, University of Illinois, 1948.
Bar: Illinois 1948. Association Suddes, Davis and Wittman, Professional Corporation, and predecessors, Jerseyville, Illinois, 1948-1952, partner 1952-1976, senior partner 1976-1984. Judge 7th Judicial Circuit Court of State of Illinois, since 1984. City attorney City of Jerseyville 1952.
State"s attorney Jersey County 1952-1965.
President Jerseyville Junior Chamber of Commerce 1951-1952. Elder delegate General Assembly of United Presbyterian Church 1971.
Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, SouthwesternIll. Bar Association (president), Jersey County Bar Association (president), Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Beta Chirurgical Club: Quadrangle (Princeton University).
Married Marguerite Lois Hoffman, September 4, 1948. Children: Susan Davis Blevins, Priscilla Davis Rains, Claude Hunter, John Totten.