John W. Davis Campaign Buttons

John W. Davis Campaign Buttons. John W. Davis first won elective office in 1910 by being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia.  In 1924 ,Davis  won the Democratic Nomination for President, before losing in the general election to President Calvin Coolidge. Davis , had  a distinguished legal career arguing many cases before the United States Supreme Court.  Pictured below are John W. Davis  campaign buttons from his 1924 presidential campaign.