Background
Davenport, James Sanford was born on September 21, 1864 in near Gayleaville, Alabama, United States. Son of W. A. J. and Amanda C. Davenport.
Davenport, James Sanford was born on September 21, 1864 in near Gayleaville, Alabama, United States. Son of W. A. J. and Amanda C. Davenport.
Family moved to Conway, Arkansas, 1880. Educated academic, Greenbrier, Arkansas. Read law under Colonel G. W. Bruce, Conway.
Admitted to bar, 1890. Moved to Muskogee, Indiana Ty., 1890, to Vinita, Oklahoma, 1893. Member lower house of Cherokee legislature 2 terms, 1897-1901 (speaker of House, 1900-1901).
An attorney for Cherokee Nation, 1899-1907. Mayor of Vinita 2 terms, 1903-1905. Member 60th Congress (1907-1909) and 62d to 64th Congresses (1911-1917), 3d and 1st Oklahoma districts.
Became judge Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, January 1927.
Member lower house of Cherokee legislature 2 terms, 1897-1901 (speaker of House, 1900-1901). Member 60th Congress (1907-1909) and 62d to 64th Congresses (1911-1917), 3d and 1st Okla.
Married Gulielma Ross, 1892 (died 1898). Married second, Byrd Ironside, June 15, 1907 (both citizens by blood of Cherokee Nation). Children: Millard D. (deceased), Grace, Mistress Dorothy Radle.