 Although the U.S. congressional seat was generally held by Republicans (other than twice briefly held by Democrat John O. Pendleton), Davis lived to see his son win it in 1910, then resign to become the U.S.Solicitor General under Democratic President Woodrow Wilson.John J. Davis died in Clarksburg, Harrison County on March 19, 1916, and was interred in what was then the Odd Fellows Cemetery, where his wife of nearly 55 years joined him less than a year later.