Abraham Lincoln Davis

Political career Davis ran for the Louisiana House of Representatives in the 1967 elections. He lost the December runoff election against incumbent Eugene O'Brien, receiving 4,324 votes to O'Brien's 4,442 votes.

In 1975, Davis and Jim Singleton were put forward as replacement candidates to represent District B on the New Orleans City Council, following the resignation of Eddie Sapir to serve as a city judge. Davis won the appointment by a 6–1 vote. He became the first African American to serve on the New Orleans City Council since the Reconstruction era. Davis won a special election for the remainder of Sapir's term in October 1976, but lost the 1977 election for a new term to Singleton.

Personal life Davis had a daughter. He died on June 24, 1978.