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Date of Birth
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11-September-1899
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Place of Birth
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Quitman
(Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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James Houston Davis, Davis, Jimmie, Jimmy Davies
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Profession
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Songwriter, Politician, Singer
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James Houston "Jimmie" Davis was a singer of both sacred and popular songs who served for two nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the governor of his native Louisiana, USA.
Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, occasionally recording and performing as late as the early 1990s. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
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