What is Gray Davis?
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Gray Davis |image = Gray Davis.jpg |order = [[List of Governors of California|37th]] [[Governor of California]] |lieutenant = [[Cruz Bustamante]] |term_start = January 4, 1999 |term_end = November 17, 2003 |predecessor = [[Pete Wilson]] |successor = [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] |office1 = [[List of lieutenant governors of California|44th]] [[Lieutenant Governor of California]] |governor1 = [[Pete Wilson]] |term_start1 = January 2, 1995 |term_end1 = January 4, 1999 |predecessor1 = [[Leo T. McCarthy]] |successor1 = [[Cruz Bustamante]] |office2 = [[California State Controller|Controller of California]] |governor2 = [[George Deukmejian]]<br>[[Pete Wilson]] |term_start2 = January 5, 1987 |term_end2 = January 2, 1995 |predecessor2 = Kenneth Cory |successor2 = [[Kathleen Connell]] |state_assembly3 = California |district3 = [[California's 43rd State Assembly district|43rd]] |term_start3 = 1982 |term_end3 = 1986 |predecessor3 = [[Howard Berman]] |successor3 = Terry Friedman |office4 = [[Chief of Staff]] to the [[Governor of California]] |governor4 = [[Jerry Brown]] |term_start4 = 1975 |term_end4 = 1981 |predecessor4 = [[Edwin Meese]] |successor4 = [[B. T. Collins]] |birth_name = Joseph Graham Davis Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|26}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]}} |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = [[Sharon Davis|Sharon Ryer]] {{small|(1980–present)}} |education = [[Stanford University]] {{small|(BA)}}<br>[[Columbia University]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} |signature = Gray Davis Signature.svg |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{flag|United States Army}} |rank