Harry Edward Davis (December 26, 1882 – February 4, 1955) was a lawyer and state legislator in Ohio. He served both houses of the Ohio General Assembly.

He was born in Cleveland. He graduated from Western Reserve University Law School in 1908. He was first elected to represent Cuyahoga County in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1920 and served four terms. He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1947 and re-elected in 1953. He married Louise Wormley in 1917.

Harry Edward Davis

He was a Freemason and published Freemasonry Among Negroes in America in 1946. Russell Howard Davis was his brother.

Harry Edward Davis

Harry E. Davis Jr. High School was named in his honor in 1962.

Harry Edward Davis

See also

List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959)

References

1882 births

1955 deaths

Members of the Ohio House of Representatives

20th-century American politicians

Ohio state senators

Politicians from Cleveland

African-American state legislators in Ohio

Ohio lawyers

20th-century American lawyers

Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumni

20th-century African-American politicians

African-American men in politics

20th-century African-American lawyers