 John J. Davis (congressman)

John James Davis (May 5, 1835 – March 19, 1916) was an attorney and politician who helped found West Virginia and later served as a United States Representative in Congress from that state.John James Davis was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1835 to master saddler John Davis (1797-1863) and his New York born wife Eliza Arnold Steen Davis (1799-1866).