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| United States Senator fromWest Virginia | |
| In office January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911 | |
| Appointed by | William E. Glasscock |
| Preceded by | Stephen B. Elkins |
| Succeeded by | Clarence W. Watson |
| In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Nathan Goff, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Guy D. Goff |
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| Born | (1876-01-24)January 24, 1876 |
| Died | January 5, 1959(1959-01-05) (aged 82) |
| Political party | Republican |
Davis Elkins (January 24, 1876 – January 5, 1959) was aUnited States senator fromWest Virginia.
Born in Washington, D.C., he attended theLawrenceville School,Phillips Academy inAndover, Massachusetts andHarvard University. During theSpanish–American War he enlisted as a private in the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, becoming assistantadjutant general in 1898.
Elkins was anindustrialist with interests in railroads, banking, utilities, and coal mining; he was appointed as aRepublican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father,Stephen Benton Elkins, and served from January 9 to January 31, 1911, when a successor was elected. DuringWorld War I he served as amajor with the7th Division of theUnited States Army inFrance, 1917–1918. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1925; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1924. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce (Sixty-sixth Congress).
From 1936 to 1956 he was owner of theWashington and Old Dominion Railroad Company. Davis Elkins died inRichmond, Virginia in 1959; interment was in Maplewood Cemetery,Elkins, West Virginia.
Davis Elkins' father, Stephen B. Elkins, and his grandfather,Henry Gassaway Davis, were both U.S. senators from West Virginia. He was married to Mary Reagan Elkins and had 3 children. His sister Katherine Hallie "Kitty" Elkins (Jan. 14, 1886 – Sept. 3, 1936) was engaged for some time toPrince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933), a cousin of the king of Italy.
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| First | Republican Party nominee forU.S. Senator from West Virginia (Class 2) 1918 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Class 2 Senator from West Virginia 1911 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Class 2 Senator from West Virginia 1919–1925 | Succeeded by |
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