Charles Hubbard Davis (January 7, 1906 – February 22, 1976) was a Republican lawyer who has twice served on the

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, once as Chief Justice, and on the

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, also as Presiding Justice. Davis was born, grew up and attended school in

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. He graduated from the

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( A.B., 1928) and the

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( J.D., 1931) and became a lawyer in Rockford in 1931. He married Ruth Peugh on October 19, 1935, and had seven children. He was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court from the 6th District in 1955, serving until 1960, and was its Chief Justice from 1957 to 1958. He was elected to the 2nd District of the

in November 1964 and was its Presiding Justice in 1967 and in 1970. From the 2nd District, he was elected a second time to the Supreme Court in November 1970; he retired from the court in October 1975. He was in the

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legal fraternity and was a Congregationalist and

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. He died on February 22, 1976, in his Rockford home.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Charles H. 1906 births 1976 deaths American Congregationalists Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court Illinois lawyers Illinois Republicans Politicians from Rockford, Illinois People from Wayne County, Illinois University of Chicago Law School alumni University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century Illinois state court judges