Career
Born in Magnolia, Arkansas, Davies received an Bachelor of Laws from Vanderbilt University in 1922. He was in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee from 1922 to 1939, and served as a Tennessee state senator from 1935 to 1939. On June 19, 1939, Davies was nominated by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee vacated by John Jay Gore.
Davies was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 12, 1939, and received his commission the same day.
He served as chief judge from 1954 until his death in 1957.