Card, Trade - Governor Jeff Davis

 
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Card, Trade - Governor Jeff Davis
Card, Trade - Governor Jeff Davis
Card, Trade - Governor Jeff Davis
Card, Trade - Governor Jeff Davis

Card, Trade - Governor Jeff Davis

Object number2000.006.09
Date1900
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions2 x 3 in. (5.1 x 7.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA Lion Coffee brown trade card picturing Governor Jeff Davis listing the total votes he received in 1900.

    Jefferson "Jeff" Davis was born in Rocky Comfort, Arkansas on May 6, 1862. Davis served as the twentieth Governor of Arkansas from 1901 to 1907. Although his administration was said to have "produced more politics than government," Davis succeeded in building a new state house and reforming the penal system. Davis passed away on January 3, 1913 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
    Status
    On view