Biography

In the late 1800s, he moved from Maine to Washington, DC to attend classes at George Washington University

George Washington University

The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...

 where in 1894 he became a charter member of the Columbian University chapter of Theta Delta Chi

Theta Delta Chi

Theta Delta Chi is a social fraternity that was founded in 1847 at Union College. While nicknames differ from institution to institution, the most common nicknames for the fraternity are Theta Delt, Thete, TDX, and TDC. Theta Delta Chi brothers refer to their local organization as Charges rather...

. That same year, George R. Davis was awarded both the Staughton Prize for excellence in the Latin language and literature and the Elton Prize for excellence in the Greek language and literature. In 1895 he also won the Ruggles Prize for Excellence in Mathematics and was the sole recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree awarded by the university that session.

After graduation George R. Davis worked as a lawyer for the Washington Pension Bureau

Pension Bureau

The Pension Bureau was a division of the United States Department of the Interior. There was a separate entity at the United States Department of War for handling military pension claims....

 and later for the income tax administration of the United States Treasury. In 1922, he partnered a new law firm with Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries was a United States Representative from California. He was born on a ranch near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, California. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the San Joaquin Valley College, Woodbridge, California in 1886 and from the law department of the...

. In 1926, he helped argue the prohibition/customs case Ford v. US, 273 U.S. 593 before the Supreme Court.

Served on the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction Scottish Rite

Scottish Rite

The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry , commonly known as simply the Scottish Rite, is one of several Rites of the worldwide fraternity known as Freemasonry...

of Free Masonry.