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May 06, 1862 Little River County, Arkansas, United States Died on 03 Jan 1913 (aged 50)
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About Jeff Davis Arkansas Governor
- Jeff Davis (born Jefferson Davis; May 6, 1862 – January 3, 1913) was a Democratic politician who served as the 20th Governor of Arkansas from 1901 to 1907 and in the United States Senate from 1907 to 1913.
- He took office as one of Arkansas's first New South governors and proved to be one of the state's most polarizing figures.
- Davis used his silver tongue and aptitude for demagoguery to exploit existing feelings of agrarian frustration among poor rural white farmers and thus build a large populist appeal.
- However, since Davis often blamed city-dwellers, blacks and Yankees for problems on the farm, the state was quickly and ardently split into "pro-Davis" or "anti-Davis" factions. Davis began his political career as Arkansas Attorney General, where he immediately began making political waves.
- His office challenged the legality of the Kimball State House Act and made an extremely controversial extraterritorial interpretation of the Rector Antitrust Act.
- His fight to prevent trusts from doing business in Arkansas and the extreme lengths he went to enforce his opinion would be a common theme throughout his political career.
- He gained credibility among the poor rural whites who would become his base. Davis' three two-year terms as Arkansas Governor "produced more politics than government", but he did gain construction of a new state house and reformed the penal system.
- An almost-constant series of scandals and outrageous behavior characterized his time in office, which followed him when he won election to the United States Senate in 1906.
- Davis is often classified with such populist politicians as Benjamin Tillman, Robert Love Taylor, Thomas E.
- Watson, James K.
- Vardaman, Coleman Livingston Blease, and later Huey Long, controversial figures known as part-Southern demagogues, part-populists and part-political bosses.
