Background
Davis, Hartwell was born on December 18, 1906 in Auburn, Alabama, United States. Son of Christopher Hartwell and Elizabeth Myrick (Dowdell) Davis.
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Hartwell Davis
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Student, University Florida, 1923-1924; Bachelor of Science, Auburn U., 1928; postgraduate (Woodrow Wilson Memorial scholar), University of Virginia Law School, 1929-1930; Juris Doctor, Emory University, 1931.
Career
Clerk, Bradenton Bank & Trust Company, Florida, 1924-1925; practiced at, Opelika and Montgomery, Alabama, retired; assistant United State Attorneys, Middle District Alabama, 1932-1951; United State Attorneys, Middle District Alabama, 1953-1962; city attorney, Montgomery, 1951-1953; special assistant attorney general, Alabama, 1964-1971.
Achievements
Membership
Delaware Southeast jurisdictional conferences Methodist Church, 1948, 52, 56. Member Methodist General Board Evangelism, 1952-1956. Secretary-treasurer Methodist Alabama Conference Board Lay Activities, 1945-1960.
President Montgomery Young Men’s Christian Association, 1939-1940, director, 1935-1957. Chairman Court of Honor, Tuckabatchee area Boy Scouts American, 1951-1952, chairman merit badge committee, 1953. Trustee George Wheeler Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1941-1971.
Board directors Alabama Methodist Children's Home, 1953-1976, 1st vice president, 1973-1974. Member American Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, Montgomery Bar Association, Alabama History Association, Chamber of C., Sigma Nu, Phi Alpha Delta, Theta Alpha Phi. Clubs: Kiwanian (president 1938), Tuesday Evening Social, Fresh Air Domino.
Connections
Son of Christopher Hartwell and Elizabeth Myrick (Dowdell) D. M. Elizabeth Mardre, February 24, 1933. Children: Hartwell, Letitia Dowdell Davis Hamill.
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Political Party
Republican
Education
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