Background
DAVIS, Walter Naylor was born on November 29, 1876 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Alexander and Alice (Edwards) Davis.
Commis sioner State Supreme Court
DAVIS, Walter Naylor was born on November 29, 1876 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Alexander and Alice (Edwards) Davis.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, Bachelor of Arts, 1898. Washington University Law School, St. Louis, Missouri, Bachelor of Laws, 1900. Smith Academy, St. Louis, Missouri, 1894.
He was the state"s 34th Lieutenant Governor and a former commissioner of the Missouri Supreme Court. Davis" father had been a Colonel in the 5th Division of the Missouri State Guards during the Civil War. and later a judge in the Montana Territory before returning to Saint Louis and practicing law. Walter Davis received his secondary education at Smith Academy (Street Louis), graduating in 1894.
He received his college degree from Vanderbilt University in 1898, and law degree from Saint Louis University in 1900.
Davis died September 16, 1951 and is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in Saint Louis. Walter Davis made his first foray into electtive politics in 1916 by running for a circuit judge position in Saint Louis County.
However he was soundly defeated by his Republican opponent.
Member: Phi Delta Phi. Artist Fellowship & Master of Arts. Knight Templar; Beta Theta Pi.
Spouse Roberta R. Morrison. Democrat nominee, Circuit Judge, St.