A delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention , Davis was also personal friends with presidential nominee William McKinley and United States Senator John Sherman . During a trip to the Arizona Territory in March 1897 , Davis was impressed by the area . He then sent a telegram to McKinley , who had recently been inaugurated President of the United States asking to be appointed Chief Justice for the territory . Davis was nominated to become an Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court on June 26 , 1897 . He accepted the nomination and moved to Tucson where he was assigned the first judicial district . Davis took his oath of office on August 10 , 1897 . President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Davis for a second term on December 12 , 1901
1896 Republican National Convention
1896 Republican National Convention
George Russell Davis