Lynch Davidson: Difference between revisions

| caption = Davidson in 1900.

| governor = [[Pat Morris Neff]]

| successor = [[Thomas Whitfield Davidson]]

| termstart = January 18, 1921

| termend = January 16, 1923

| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|1|3}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|1|27|1873|1|3}}

}}

'''Lynch Davidson''' was an American politician who served as the [[Lieutenant Governor of Texas]] from 1921 to 1923.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/ltgov.html|title=Lieutenant Governors of Texas {{!}} TSLAC|website=www.tsl.texas.gov|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>

 

== Biography ==

Davidson was born on January 3, 1873, in Cotile Landing, [[Louisiana]], now [[Boyce, Louisiana]], to [[Lieutenant]] William Neal Davidson and Laura Cecelia Lynch, a native of [[Washington County, Texas]] whose father Joseph Penn Lynch was a veteran of the [[Texas Revolution]], and served primarily during the [[Battle of San Jacinto]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/Library/Veteran_Bios/Bio_page/|title=San Jacinto Museum of History - Bio page|website=San Jacinto Museum of History|language=en|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> Davidson moved to [[Groesbeck, Texas]] as in infant. He remained in Groesbeck until 1887, when he finished high school at age 15 and moved to [[Houston]]. Upon his move, he immediately set out to become a [[lumberman]] in order to support his widowed mother. He was able to secure a job at a sawmill in [[Groveton, Texas|Groveton]]. After 5 years of selling lumber in [[Mexico]], he opened his own business in [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]] at the age of 23. He was married to Katie Calvert in June 1897, and they had three daughters, Marion, Lois, and Katie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ttarchive.com/Library/Biographies/Davidson-Lynch_1926_New-Encyclopedia-of-Texas.html|title=Lynch Davidson, biography c. 1926 (Texas Transportation Archive)|website=www.ttarchive.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/archive/html/leg/ltgovernors/16.html|title=Texas Politics - Lieutenant Governors: Lynch Davidson|website=texaspolitics.utexas.edu|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> He died on January 27, 1952, in Houston, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery (also in Houston).

 

== External links ==

* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108795666/lynch-davidson Lynch Davidson] on [[Find a Grave]]

 

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