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          She married three times during her life, adopting one child, her son William, with her first husband, Norman Davis, in Louisville.

        1. They had one son, William "Billy" Frederick Davis, Sr. who had two sons, Don Frederick Lamont Jones and William Frederick Davis, Jr. Georgia married James L.
        2. An American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate.
        3. Georgia Davis Powers was first African American to serve in the Kentucky Senate and confidant of Martin Luther King Jr.
        4. Georgia Powers, a Black politician and lawyer, was born on this date in Georgia Davis Powers was born in Springfield, KY, and is the only girl in a.

          5. An American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate....

          Georgia Davis Powers

          American politician

          Georgia Davis Powers

          Powers in 2010

          In office
          January 1, 1968 – January 1, 1989
          Preceded byBernard Bonn
          Succeeded byGerald Neal
          Born

          Georgia Montgomery


          (1923-10-19)October 19, 1923
          Springfield, Kentucky, U.S.
          DiedJanuary 30, 2016(2016-01-30) (aged 92)
          Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
          Political partyDemocratic
          Spouses

          Norman F.

          Davis

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          (m. 1943⁠–⁠1968)​

          James L. Powers

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          (m. 1973)​
          ChildrenWilliam "Billy" Davis
          Parent(s)Frances Walker and Ben Gore Montgomery
          OccupationPolitician, civil rights activist

          Georgia Davis Powers (née Montgomery; October 19, 1923[1] – January 30, 2016) was an American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate.

          In 1967, she was the first person of color elected to the senate.[1][2&