Biography

01/29/1897 - 09/18/1994

DAVIS, Fred Wallace, a Representative from Monroe County; born in South Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pa., January 29, 1897; graduated, Montrose High School, 1916; attended, King’s School, Pittsburgh; graduated, Dickinson College School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law); school principal; lawyer; solicitor, East Stroudsburg Borough (1928-1930); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1929 term and served 1 term; unsuccessful  campaign for reelection to the House (1930); Special Attorney General, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General (1931-1935); elected, District Attorney, Monroe County (1940-1945); appointed, judge, Monroe County (1945-1948); elected, judge, Monroe County (1948-1968); elected, judge, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1968-1978); president judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County (1968-1985); died, September 18, 1994 in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; interred, Manzer Cemetery, South Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.