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Davis was born St. Louis , Missouri . He was the runner-up for the men's singles title at the US Championships in 1898 . He then teamed-up with Holcombe Ward won the men's doubles title at the championships for three years in a row from 1899 - 1901 . Davis and Ward were also men's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1901. In 1900 , Davis developed the structure for, and donated a silver bowl to go to the winner of, a new international tennis competition designed by him and three others known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which was later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor. He was a member of the US team that won the first two competitions in 1900 and 1902 , and was also the captain of the 1900 team. Though educated as a lawyer, Davis was never a practicing attorney. He was, however, politically active in his home town of St. Louis and served as the city's public parks commissioner from 1911 to 1915 . During his tenure, he expanded athletic facilities and created the first municipal tennis courts in the United States . He served President Calvin Coolidge as Assistant Secretary of War ( 1923 - 25 ) and then as Secretary of War ( 1925 - 29 ) and then served as Governor General Of The Philippines (1929- 32 ). Davis died in Washington, D.C. in 1945. It was at Davis's summer home in Aiken, South Carolina , that Nicholas Longworth , Republican Speaker Of The House died unexpectantly of pneumonia on April 9 , 1931 while visiting Davis and his wife, Laura, all, long-time rebublicans and poker-playing friends. Davis has his own star on the St. Louis Walk Of Fame . EXTERNAL LINKS
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