About Webster Davis
Lived 1861 – 1923 (aged 61). Webster Davis was an American lawyer and politician.
Webster Davis (June 1, 1861 – February 22, 1923) was a mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1894 to 1896 and was the Assistant Secretary of the Interior from 1897 to 1898.
Early life Davis was born on June 1, 1861, in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. In 1868 his family moved to a farm in Chillicothe, Missouri and then to Gallatin, Missouri where his father began a shoemaking operation. He worked on the farm, clerked in a store and worked in his shoemaking business.
In 1881 Davis moved to Lake Forest, Illinois, where he was a lamplighter. He then returned to Gallatin, and resumed shoemaking and clerking. He wrote a book about the Boer War entitled John Bull's Crime: Or, Assaults on Republics which was published in 1901.
He died in Kansas City on February 22, 1923,
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Who was Webster Davis?
American mayor (1861–1923)
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Webster Davis was born on 1 June 1861 in Chicago.
When did Webster Davis die?
Webster Davis died on 22 February 1923 in Kansas City.
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Webster Davis was a lawyer and politician.
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Webster Davis was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Webster Davis. https://biography.guide/webster-davis/
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