sentences:  He moved to Florida in 1879 and practiced law in Green Cove Springs, Clay County, then in Gainesville, Alachua County, and afterward in Palatka, Putnam County.He served as member of the Florida House of Representatives from Clay County in 1884 and 1885, serving as Speaker of the House the latter year.Davis was elected as a Democratic Representative to the Fifty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905).