Charles W. Davis (politician)
Charles Wesley Davis (January 5, 1827 in Castleton, Vermont[1] – June 8, 1912) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. He moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1860, where he became a lumberman and manufacturer.[2]
Career[]
Davis was elected to the Senate in 1894. Additionally, he was Mayor of Oshkosh and Chairman of the Winnebago County, Wisconsin Board. He was a Republican. He served as president of the New German American bank in Oshkosh from 1892 to January 11, 1907, when he resigned, stating that man eighty years of age out to resign.[3]
Davis died in his home in Oshkosh from heart disease at the age of 85.[2]
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Categories:
- People from Castleton, Vermont
- Politicians from Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin state senators
- Mayors of places in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Republicans
- 1827 births
- 1912 deaths