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Line 1: − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − (2) [[Anna Carter Gordon Davis]] (died 2004)+ − + − + − |offices=+ − {{Officeholder/governor − |number=47th − |state=Louisiana − |terms=May 9, 1944 – May 11, 1948 − |preceded=Sam Houston Jones − |former=y − |succeeded=[[Earl Long]] − }} − {{Officeholder/governor − |state=Louisiana − |terms=May 10, 1960 – May 12, 1964 − |preceded=Earl Long − |former=y − |succeeded=[[John J. McKeithen]] − }} − }}+ − '''James "Jimmie" Houston Davis''' (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000), was a famous gospel and popular music singer who served two non-consecutive terms as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] governor of [[Louisiana]], 1944 to 1948 and 1960 to 1964.
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{{Officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=James Houston Davis
|name=James Houston "Jimmie" Davis
|image=
|image=
|office=47th [[Governor]] of [[Louisiana]]
|term_start=May 9, 1944
|term_end=May 11, 1948
|predecessor=Sam Houston Jones
|successor=[[Earl Long]]
|term_start2=May 10, 1960
|term_end2=May 12, 1964
|predecessor2=Earl Long
|successor2=[[John J. McKeithen]]
|birth_date=September 11, 1899
|birth_place=Jackson Parish, Louisiana
|death_date=November 5, 2000
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery near Jonesboro, Louisiana
|spouse=(1) Alvern Adams Davis (died 1967)<br>
(2) [[Anna Carter Gordon Davis]] (married 1969-2000, his death)
|children=James William "Jim" Davis (1944-2012)<br>
Stepchildren<br>
William and Greg Gordon<br>
Vicki Gordon Owens
|occupation=Singer, songwriter, former educator, politician
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|spouse= (1) Alverna Adams (died 1967)<br>
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|footnotes=
|children=James William "Jim" Davis
|alma_mater=Louisiana College<br>[[Louisiana State University]]
|religion=[[Baptist]]
}}
'''James Houston "Jimmie" Davis''' (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000), was a famous gospel and popular music singer who served two non-consecutive terms as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[governor]] of his native [[Louisiana]], 1944 to 1948 and 1960 to 1964.
Davis has the distinction of having been twice succeeded as governor by his intra-party rival, [[Earl Long]], brother of [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]
He was originally from Quitman near Jonesboro in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana. He is interred beside his first wife, the former Alverna Adams, at the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery east of Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. His son, James William "Jim" Davis (1944-2012), was a farmer from Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, where the former governor owned considerable property.
He was originally from Quitman near Jonesboro in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana. He is interred beside his first wife, the former Alverna Adams, at the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery east of Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. His son, James William "Jim" Davis (1944-2012), was a farmer from Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, where the former governor owned considerable property.