Billy Davis (Arizona politician)

Billy Wayne Davis, sometimes known as Bill Davis,[2] is a land developer[3] and former state senator for the Arizona Senate in the United States.[4]

Billy Davis
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the 19th[1] district
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 6, 1987
Committees Served
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 6, 1987
Vice Chairman Government Education Judiciary RulesBilly Davis
Personal details
Born
Billy Wayne Davis

(1945-05-07) May 7, 1945
Athens, Alabama
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Billie J. Davis (1963–present)
ChildrenTodd, Robyn and Jason
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee
University of South Carolina
Hyles Anderson College
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy Honorable Discharge
3rd June 1969
Years of service1963 – 1969
Fallon, Nevada
(1963–1964)
Flight Training Exercises
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Beeville, Texas
(1964–1965)
Air Station Training
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), (1965–1967)
Aircraft Carrier Training
Battles/warsVietnam Two Tours
Awards• The Vietnam Service Medal, with two Bronze Stars
• National Defense Service Medal
• The Vietnam Campaign Medal, with Device (1960–)
• The Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon
• Letters of Commendations

Early life

Billy Davis was born in Athens, Alabama on May 7, 1945.

He is of Welsh, English, Irish and Cherokee Indian descent on his father's side and his mother's ancestors were from Switzerland.

Billy grew up and went to school in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

His father died when he was eleven years old.

Billy and Billie Davis

Billy Davis married Billie J. Johnson on May 4, 1963 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They have three grown children and live in Kennesaw, Georgia.[5]

Military career

Davis served four years in the Navy and two years in the Navy Reserves from 1963 to 1969, two of which were in Vietnam. Davis earned the National Defense Service Medal, The Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device (1960–), The Vietnam Service Medal (with two Bronze Stars) and the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon and Letters of Commendations.

Political career

Billy served two terms in the Arizona State Senate from January 3, 1983 through January 6, 1987 for the 19th district, Phoenix, Arizona.[3]

In 1986, he was censured by the Senate Ethics Committee for failing to disclose his finances and poor judgment in his business practices.[6][7][8]

He ran as a Congressional candidate in Georgia in 2016, during which time an investigation by FOX 5 found that he had been convicted of having lied on a 1997 loan application, for which he was incarcerated; had bankruptcies; and had a $782,560 judgment from a civil suit.[4]

  • Senator Billy Davis
  • Davis Second Election Brochure with Rep Jan Brewer and Nancy Wessel
  • General William Westmoreland with Davis
  • This picture was taken at the dedication of the Del Web Memorial Hospital in Sun City West
  • Davis and Mickey Mantle lobbied the Arizona Legislature to get the Del Webb Memorial Hospital
  • Davis at the Shipyard in Kaohsiung City
  • Davis in front of the Conference Center Taipei Taiwan
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References
  1. "Bill Davis". Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona State Senate. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  2. Arizona News Service archives Box 9, item 234 (1986); Box 10, item 10 item 237 (1986)
  3. "LAPR - State Library of Arizona". apps.azlibrary.gov. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  4. FOX. "Georgia congressional candidate is a felon". fox5atlanta.com. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  5. Former State Senator Donates Five Million Dollars to Education Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, Billy Davis Family Foundation press release, February 13, 2008
  6. "Bill Davis: Senators Take Easy Way Out". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. August 23, 1986. p. 26. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "Careers of 3 Senators on line among 27 contested races". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. September 10, 1986. p. 26. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  8. "The Senator's Woes". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. June 18, 1986. p. 2. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
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