Lynch Davidson

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Lynch Davidson
Davidson in 1900.
26th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
In office
January 18, 1921 – January 16, 1923
GovernorPat Morris Neff
Preceded byWillard Arnold Johnson
Succeeded byThomas Whitfield Davidson
Personal details
Born(1873-01-03)January 3, 1873
Boyce, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedJanuary 27, 1952(1952-01-27) (aged 79)
Houston, Texas, U.S.

Lynch Davidson was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1921 to 1923.[1]

Biography

Lynch Davidson

Davidson was born on January 3, 1873, in Cotile Landing, Louisiana, now Boyce, Louisiana, to Lieutenant William Neal Davidson and Laura Cecelia Lynch, a native of Washington County, Texas whose father Joseph Penn Lynch was a veteran of the Texas Revolution, and served primarily during the Battle of San Jacinto.[2] Davidson moved to Groesbeck, Texas as in infant. He remained in Groesbeck until 1887, when he finished high school at age 15 and moved to Houston. Upon his move, he immediately set out to become a lumberman in order to support his widowed mother. He was able to secure a job at a sawmill in Groveton. After 5 years of selling lumber in Mexico, he opened his own business in Laredo at the age of 23. He was married to Katie Calvert in June 1897, and they had three daughters, Marion, Lois, and Katie.[3][4] He died on January 27, 1952, in Houston, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery (also in Houston).

References

  1. ^ "Lieutenant Governors of Texas | TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  2. ^ "San Jacinto Museum of History - Bio page". San Jacinto Museum of History. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  3. ^ "Lynch Davidson, biography c. 1926 (Texas Transportation Archive)". www.ttarchive.com. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  4. ^ "Texas Politics - Lieutenant Governors: Lynch Davidson". texaspolitics.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-18.

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Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Texas
1921–1923
Succeeded by