William Davis
Cite this Page
"William Davis," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/871.
- Position
- Grounds Laborer
- Years in President's House
- circa 1929
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Male
- Presidency
- Herbert Hoover
- Biography
- In 1929, an individual named William Davis was included on Lou Hoover’s annual staff Christmas list among horticulture employees supervised by Head Gardener Charles Henlock. (1) He may have worked on the White House Grounds or at the White House greenhouses near the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the National Mall. Due to the prevalence of this name in Washington, D.C., it is difficult to discern further detail about his life and career at this time.
- (1) Employees on Duty at the Executive Office, 1929, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1929, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context