Charles Wesley Davis (January 5, 1827June 8, 1912) was an American businessman, banker, and
Republican politician from
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Oshkosh () is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the western shore of Lake Winnebago and had a population of 66,816 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List o ...
. He was the 12th mayor of Oshkosh and served four years in the
Wisconsin Senate
The Wisconsin Senate is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Together with the Wisconsin State Assembly they constitute the legislative branch of the state of Wisconsin. The powers of the Wisconsin Senate are modeled after those ...
, representing the
19th Senate district from 1895 to 1899.
["Former Oshkosh Mayor Dead", ''The Watertown News'' (June 14, 1912), p. 7.]
Career
Charles W. Davis was born in
Castleton, Vermont
Castleton is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. Castleton is about to the west of Rutland, the county's seat and most populous city, and about east of the New York/Vermont state border. The town had a population of 4,458 at the ...
, in 1827.
Davis was elected to the Senate in 1894. Additionally, he was Mayor of Oshkosh and Chairman of the
Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Winnebago County is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 171,730. Its county seat is Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Oshkosh. It was named for the historic Ho- ...
Board. He was a
Republican. He served as president of the New German American bank in Oshkosh from 1892 to January 11, 1907, when he resigned, stating that man eighty years of age out to resign.
["C. W. Davis Is Dead; Passing Of Pioneer", ''The Oshkosh Northwestern'' (June 8, 1912), p. 1.]
Davis died in his home in Oshkosh from heart disease at the age of 85.
See also
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List of mayors of Oshkosh, Wisconsin
This is a list of mayors of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. Oshkosh was originally incorporated as a city in 1853 with a Mayor–council government, mayor-council form of government. Executive functions were transferred to a Council–manager governmen ...
References
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People from Castleton, Vermont
County supervisors in Wisconsin
Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
Mayors of Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1827 births
1912 deaths
19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature