Millard Davis (August 3, 1883 – September 15, 1957) was an American lawyer, farmer, and politician from New York.

Life

Davis was born on August 3, 1883 in Boiceville, New York, the son of Millard H. Davis and Ella Weidner. Davis attended

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and practiced law in New York City with the firm Cravath, Swaine and Moore. In 1917, he left his law practice and moved to Arrowhead Farm in Kerkonkson, which became one of the most successful farms in the area. He was a director of the

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and served as county president of the fifth district from 1919 to 1953. He was a director of the Accord Farmers Cooperative Association, serving as its president from 1930 to 1945. He was justice of the peace for his town. He served as president of the Ulster County Farm and 4-H Club Association for 10 years. He was president of the

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and, through that office, a trustee of

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from 1938 to 1939. He was also a director of the Olive Cooperative Fire Insurance Cooperation. In 1924, Davis was elected to the New York State Assembly as a

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, representing

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. He served in the Assembly in

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1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

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1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

, and

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. Davis attended the Rochester Reformed Church of Accord. He was an active member of the Patroon Grange in Accord. In 1922, he married Roswitha Kudlich. Their children were Ann Meredith and Philip. Davis died in Veterans Memorial Hospital in

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on September 15, 1957. He was buried in Pine Bush Cemetery.

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