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D. W. Davis

David William Davis (April 23, 1873 – August 5, 1959) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Idaho from 1919 to 1923. He later served briefly as commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation in 1923 and 1925. He later became a special assistant to the United States Secretary of the Interior. Wikipedia