Lynch Davidson was an American politician who served as the 26th

lieutenant governor of Texas The lieutenant governor of Texas is the second-highest executive officer, executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the United States, U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the wor ...

from 1921 to 1923.

Biography

Davidson was born on January 3, 1873, in Cotile Landing,

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

, now

Boyce, Louisiana Boyce is a town in northern Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 888 at the 2020 census. The community is nearly 70 percent African American. Histo ...

, to

Lieutenant A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a Junior officer, junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, Security agency, security services ...

William Neal Davidson and Laura Cecelia Lynch, a native of

Washington County, Texas Washington County is a county in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 35,805. Its county seat is Brenham, which is located along U.S. Highway 290, 72 miles northwest of Houston. The county was created in 1835 as a municipality o ...

whose father Joseph Penn Lynch was a veteran of the

Texas Revolution The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the Centralist Republic of Mexico, centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of ...

, and served primarily during the

Battle of San Jacinto The Battle of San Jacinto (), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Samuel Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General A ...

. Davidson moved to

Groesbeck, Texas Groesbeck ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, Texas, United States. Located along Texas State Highway 14 and Texas State Highway 164, it sits in the northern part of the Texas Triangle. Its population was 3,631 at the 2020 ...

as in infant. He remained in Groesbeck until 1887, when he finished high school at age 15 and moved to

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

. Upon his move, he immediately set out to become a

lumberman Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks

in order to support his widowed mother. He was able to secure a job at a sawmill in Groveton. After 5 years of selling lumber in

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, he opened his own business in Laredo at the age of 23. He was married to Katie Calvert in June 1897, and they had three daughters, Marion, Lois, and Katie. He died on January 27, 1952, in Houston, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery (also in Houston).

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Lynch Davidson
on Find a Grave {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidson, Lynch 1873 births Lieutenant governors of Texas 1952 deaths People from Rapides Parish, Louisiana