Jimmie Davis
Singer, Musical Artist
1899 – 2000
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Who was Jimmie Davis?
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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- Born
- Sep 11, 1899
Quitman - Also known as
- James Houston Davis
- Davis, Jimmie
- Jimmy Davies
- Spouses
- Religion
- Baptists
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Louisiana State University
- Louisiana College
- Lived in
- Jonesboro
- Shreveport
- Louisiana
- Died
- Nov 5, 2000
Baton Rouge
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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