Eastern Tennessee was held for the Confederacy by two unimpressive brigadier generals appointed by Jefferson Davis, Felix Zollicoffer, a brave but untrained and inexperienced officer, and soon to be Maj. Gen. George B. Crittenden, a former U. S. Army officer with apparent alcohol problems.

Early bassists for the group included Ron Crotty, Bob Bates, and Bob's brother Norman Bates ; Lloyd Davis and Joe Dodge held the drum chair.

Bill Doran and Glenn Davis held down the right side of the field but Lainer rotated the left side.

Davis held contemporary beliefs that Blacks were inferior to the White race.

The Meriden Daily Journal stated that Davis, at a reception held in New Orleans in May 1887, urged southerners to be loyal to the nation.

Finally locating his idol, Davis became one of the cadre of musicians who held nightly jam sessions at two of Harlem's nightclubs, Minton's Playhouse and Monroe's.

Two nearby detectives held the crowd back as a third detective, Don Rolker, approached Davis from behind and beat him about the head.

Following her graduation, Davis held jobs in Chicago as a sales clerk in Marshall Field's department store and as a nurse's aide.

* In the case of Davis v. Bandemer ( 1986 ), the Supreme Court held that political gerrymandering cases were justiciable under the equal protection clause.

* Vieth v. Jubelirer ( 2004 ) held claims of partisan gerrymandering nonjusticiable because a discernible and manageable standard for adjudicating them had not been established or applied since Davis v. Bandemer.

The U. S. Supreme Court's decision in Davis v. Federal Election Commission, however, cast considerable doubt on the constitutionality of these provisions, and in 2011 the Supreme Court held that key provisions of the Arizona law – most notably its matching fund provisions – were unconstitutionalal in Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Free Enterprise Club PAC v. Bennett.

Jefferson Davis was held in prison for two years, but other Confederate leaders were not.

Women's groups led by Lucretia Mott and Paulina Wright Davis held public meetings in Philadelphia beginning in 1846.

Davis ' version gave the Seneca Falls meeting in 1848 a minor role, equivalent to other local meetings that had been held by women's groups in the late 1840s.

* Steward Machine Company v. Davis, 301 U. S, 548 ( 1937 ) held, in a 5 – 4 decision, that, given the exigencies of the Great Depression, " is too late today for the argument to be heard with tolerance that in a crisis so extreme the use of the moneys of the nation to relieve the unemployed and their dependents is a use for any purpose narrower than the promotion of the general welfare ".

Director Vincent Sherman recalled the intense competitiveness and animosity between the two actresses, and Davis often joked that she held back nothing in a scene in which she was required to shake Hopkins in a fit of anger.

For example, Fred MacMurray talks about it with Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity ( film ); Bette Davis screams about it in All About Eve ; Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper flirt about it in Love in the Afternoon ( 1957 film ); it is featured in Miracle on 34th Street when a trial is held to see if Santa Claus really exists ; Rosie Perez continually reads it in the film White Men Can't Jump ; and Will Smith checks his World Almanac for the exact time of sunset so he can set his digital watch in I Am Legend ( film ).

Ryer, a flight attendant for Pacific Southwest Airlines, was annoyed when Davis held up the departure of the flight from Sacramento to Los Angeles.

Prior to 2006 it was held on the campus of Jefferson Davis Community College.

Although no major battles of the Civil War were fought in or near Washington, the city has the distinction of being the location where Jefferson Davis held the last meeting with the Confederate cabinet.

In the municipal election held on May 10, 2011, with fewer than 10 % of the registered voters casting ballots, 23-year-old Alex Torpey was elected Village president by a margin of 14 votes, while trustees Deborah Davis Ford, Howard Levison and Mark Rosner were re-elected to four-year terms of office, having run unopposed.

Celebrations were held in various cities, such as San Francisco and in Davis, California with a multi-day street party.

In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis held an honorary degree from Bowdoin, which he received while United States Secretary of War in 1858.

Benjamin was held responsible for the loss ( although he was carrying out Davis ' priorities ), and the public was outraged.

Many original television theme songs of the era also showed a strong disco influence, such as " Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow " ( theme from Baretta, performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. and later a hit single for Rhythm Heritage ), Theme from " S. W. A. T.

Almost immediately after the recording of Milestones, Davis fired Garland and, shortly afterward, Jones, again for behavioral problems ; he replaced them with Bill Evans — a young white pianist with a strong classical background — and drummer Jimmy Cobb.

Evans had a unique, impressionistic approach to the piano, and his musical ideas had a strong influence on Davis.

Albee preferred Bette Davis and James Mason, fearing that the Burtons ' strong screen presence would dominate the film.

An important reason for their strong finish was the re-acquisition of Dale Davis, who had been released by the New Orleans Hornets after being traded there by the Golden State Warriors.

Davis began his tenure as Governor with strong approval ratings, but those ratings declined as voters blamed Davis for the California electricity crisis and the California budget crisis that followed the dot-com bubble burst.

Many of the challenges that California faced during his years required a strong force of personality to forge compromise but Davis lacked such skill.

This book was translated into English by D. D. Davis as a Treatise on Insanity in 1806, although Davis substituted Pinel's introduction for his own, leaving out among other things Pinel's strong praise for Alexander Crichton.

He had strong disagreements with Davis about how to conduct the war.

Peterson was not initially regarded as a strong challenger to the Progressive Conservative government of Bill Davis.

The team was still strong, going 11-3 during the regular season, but they lost a heartbreaking game to the Oakland Raiders as a last second pass into the endzone escaped the Dolphins ’ defenders ’ grasp and Clarence Davis held on to the Kenny Stabler pass.

The opposition parties had also undergone leadership changes ; Nixon and Lewis, who had posed a strong challenge to Davis, resigned after the 1975 and 1977 elections, respectively.

Davis knew that he would be unable to govern effectively without strong British representation, and invited Norquay to join his cabinet in March 1875.

" Despite its prestige, it has not been a strong springboard to higher political office ; Gray Davis was the only Democrat in state history and the only state politician in the last eight decades to be elected governor after holding the post.

Raymond Daly and Derek Warfield describe how Davis was acutely aware that songs could have a strong emotional impact on people.

The strong cast, which also included Bebe Neuwirth and Hope Davis, could not compensate for sub-standard writing and the series was soon canceled.

In January 1981, he pulled off the shock of the season by defeating strong favourite Steve Davis 5 – 3 in the first round of the 1981 Masters event, compiling a highest break of just 36.

Steve Davis has commented that he is not the most naturally gifted player, but makes up for this with strong tactical play.

Davis later returned to Cleveland and became a strong opponent of the city manager plan.

The public liked Flynn's charming rogue of a character, his undisguised Tasmanian accent notwithstanding, but the critics found him to be the weak link in the production, with The New York Times writing, " Bette Davis ' Elizabeth is a strong, resolute, glamour-skimping characterisation against which Mr. Flynn's Essex has about as much chance as a beanshooter against a tank.

It was not until after World War II that Australian jazz scene began to diversify as local musicians were finally able to get access to recordings by leading African-American jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, and bebop, cool jazz and free jazz exerting a strong influence on Australian musicians in the late 1950s and beyond.

The four — pilot Kyle " Ace " Morgan, daredevil Matthew " Red " Ryan, strong and slow-witted Leslie " Rocky " Davis, and scientist Walter Mark " Prof " Haley — became the Challengers of the Unknown.