Background
Davis, Jacob E. was born on October 31, 1905 in Beaver, Ohio, United States.
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Jacob E. Davis
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The Ohio State University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1927). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1930).
Career
Worked at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease (Columbus, Ohio) specializing in Pro Bono for the Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation. Admitted to the bar, 1930, Ohio. 1935, United States. District Court, Southern District of Ohio.
1944, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Prosecuting Attorney, Pike County, Ohio, 1931-1934.
Pike County Representative to Ohio General Assembly, 1935-1937 (Majority Floor Leader and Speaker Pro Tem, 1937). Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Pike County, Ohio, 1937-1940. United States. Representative to Congress, 6th District, Ohio, 1941-1942.
Special Assistant to Secretary of Navy Forrestal and Assistant General Counsel Navy Department, 1943-1944. Ohio State University Trustee, 1960-1967 and President, Alumni Association, 1972. Volunteer Director, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, 1978.
Recipient: Great Living Cincinnatian Award, 1978. Ohio Hospital Trustee of the Year, 1982. (Resident, Cincinnati, Ohio Office).
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