David Floyd Davis


David Floyd Davis was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of David Frank Davis and Betsey Sophia Davis. In 1890, he opened an oil distribution business. On November 15, 1893, he married Edith Clyde Smith, and they had two children.
Davis was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1898; and a member of the New York State Senate in 1899 and 1900.
In 1906, he testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission to how Standard Oil was trying to push independent oil dealers out of business.