Gray Davis

Joseph Graham Gray Davis, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, only months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history. Prior to serving as Governor, Davis was Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown , a California State Assemblyman , California State Controller and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California . Davis holds a B.A. in history from Stanford University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War.

Davis was born in the Bronx, New York City, the son of Doris Morell and Joseph G. Davis. Davis moved to California with his family as a child in 1954. He was the first of the familys five children three boys and two girls. He was raised a Roman Catholic. Davis and his family were one of the millions of Americans to migrate to the southwest and California as part of the postWorld War II sun belt migration.

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