John Clay Davies II was a United States Representative from New York

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Biography

Born in Albany

Albany, New York

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, he attended Camden

Camden, New York

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 High School, attended the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

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 at Tuscaloosa

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 and Hamilton College (in Clinton, New York

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He was editor of the Camden Chronicle in 1940 and 1941, and maintained publicity office in Albany from 1941 to 1943. He was with the public relations

Public relations

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 department of Westinghouse

Westinghouse Electric (1886)

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 Electric Corp. in New York City

New York City

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 from 1943 to 1946, and was vice president of the Earle Ferris Co. Inc., in New York City from 1946 to 1948. From 1948 to 1953 he was a partner in a public relations business at Utica, New York

Utica, New York

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Davies was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress, holding office from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1951. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-second Congress in 1950. He was a writer and a public relations executive in San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

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; in 2002 he died there.