Political Career
Davis was elected in 1938 as Shreveport's public safety commissioner. At the time, Shreveport had the city commission form of government but switched in 1978 to the current mayor-council format. After four years in Shreveport City Hall, Davis was elected in 1942 to the Louisiana Public Service Commission but left the rate-making body, which meets in Baton Rouge, two years later to begin his first term as governor.
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