DAVIS, Jim
1957–
Biography
DAVIS, Jim, A Representative from Florida; born in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., October 11, 1957; graduated from Jesuit High School, Tampa, Fla.; B.A., Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1979; J.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1982; lawyer, private practice; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1988-1996, majority leader, 1994-1996; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2007); not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Florida in 2006.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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University of South Florida Libraries
Special and Digital Collections, Tampa Library
Tampa, FL
Papers:
1988-2006, 112 linear feet.
The papers of former Rep. Jim Davis include documents, correspondence, memoranda, constituent opinion forms, constituent mail, audiocassettes (including radio interviews), speeches, education and health care documents, legislative files, meeting files, strategic plans, bills, records, publications, personal papers, as well as photographs, press clippings, and videos from Davis' terms of service in the Florida and U.S. House of Representatives. Areas of interest include the Clinton impeachment, the legal battle over Terri Schiavo, the invasion of Iraq, education, abortion, migration, economic embargos, trade, welfare reform, appropriations, environmental law and policy, health care, land ownership and development, housing, the War on Terror, human rights, logging and timber, unemployment, off-shore drilling, drugs, and homeland security. A finding aid is available in the repository and online.
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