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Dwight Filley Davis

Davis, Dwight Filley

Dwight Filley Davis (* 5. Juli 1879 in St. Louis, Missouri; † 28. November 1945 in Washington D.C.) weer en US-amerikaansch Politiker (Kriegsminister), Tennisspeler un Grünner vun de Davis Cup.

He hett all as Student in Harvard den Davis Cup spend; en Trophäe ut Sülver. De Davis Cup is en Mannschapswettstried in’t Tennis un wurrd siet 1900 jedes Johr utdragen.

Davis wunn mit de amerikaansch Mannschap 1900 un 1902 den Davis Cup. Bi de US-Open wunn he in de Johren 1899, 1900 und 1901 tosommen mit Holcombe Ward de Dübbelkonkurrenz. 1904 nehm he an de Olympisch Sömmerspelen deel, is aber in de Dübbelkonkurrenz mit sien Partner in’t Veertelfinale utscheeden. 1956 wurr he posthum in de International Tennis Hall of Fame upnommen.

Nah dat Enn vun sein Loopbahn as Tennisspeler steeg Davis as Republikaner in de Politik in un weer uünner annern van 1925 bit 1929 Kriegsminister ünner US-Präsident Calvin Coolidge.

Dornah löös he an’ 8. Juli 1929 Henry L. Stimson bzw. Eugene Allen Gilmore as Generalgouverneur vun de Philippinen af. Dit Amt hett he bit to’n 9. Januar 1932 utöövt.

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