Biography
Davis was born near the Richmond community in Little River County. His parents named him after Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America.
Davis attended school in Russellville, Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas, and studied law at Cumberland University and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated in 1884 from Vanderbilt University.
Davis was admitted to the bar in Pope County, Arkansas and commenced private practice of law in Russellville.
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