▁Davis ▁vac ated ▁the ▁office . ▁ ▁Following ▁his ▁defeat , ▁Davis ▁was ▁nominated ▁to ▁be ▁collect or ▁of ▁custom s ▁at ▁Gal vest on ▁but ▁decl ined ▁the ▁appointment ▁because ▁he ▁dis lik ed ▁U . S . ▁President ▁R uther ford ▁B . ▁Hay es . ▁He ▁ran ▁for ▁governor ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁but ▁was ▁sound ly ▁defeated . ▁His ▁name ▁was ▁placed ▁in ▁nom ination ▁for ▁Vice ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁Republican ▁National ▁Convention , ▁which ▁met ▁in ▁Chicago ▁and ▁chose ▁James ▁A . ▁Gar field ▁as ▁the ▁standard - b ear er . ▁Had ▁Davis ▁succeeded , ▁he ▁might ▁have ▁w ound ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁as ▁did ▁Ch ester ▁A . ▁Arthur , ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁received ▁the ▁vice ▁president ial ▁nom ination ▁that ▁year . ▁Davis ▁lost ▁an ▁election ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 . ▁ ▁After ▁Democr ats ▁reg ained ▁power ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁legisl ature , ▁they ▁passed ▁laws ▁making ▁vot er ▁registration ▁more ▁difficult , ▁such ▁as ▁requiring ▁payment ▁of ▁poll ▁tax es , ▁which ▁worked ▁to ▁dis f ranch ise ▁black s , ▁Mexican ▁Americans ▁and ▁poor ▁whites . ▁They ▁also ▁instit uted ▁a ▁white ▁primary . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁black s ▁were ▁voting ▁but ▁by ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁only ▁ 5