James M. Jones (psychologist)
James Monroe Jones (1862-1928) was Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1896 to 1900. Biography Jones was born in Prospect, New York and moved to Kansas City in 1885. He was a lawyer with offices at 15 West 9th Street and residence at 721 Harrison Street. Prior to being mayor he was circuit court judge and had a residence at Independence and Park. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, James M. 1862 births 1928 deaths Mayors of Kansas City, Missouri People from Trenton, New York ...
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Webster Davis
Webster Davis (June 1, 1861 – February 22, 1923) was a mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1894 to 1896 and was the Assistant Secretary of the Interior from 1897 to 1898. Early life Davis was born on June 1, 1861, in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. In 1868 his family moved to a farm in Chillicothe, Missouri and then to Gallatin, Missouri where his father began a shoemaking operation. He worked on the farm, clerked in a store and worked in his shoemaking business. In 1881 Davis moved to Lake Forest, Illinois, where he was a lamplighter. He then returned to Gallatin, and resumed shoemaking and clerking. In 1882 Davis became a copyist in the law office of Shanklin, Low & McDougal and studied law while he worked there. In 1884 he attended the University of Kansas and became a lawyer initially practicing in Garden City, Kansas. Career Davis became active in the Republican Party. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School he moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he unsucce ...
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