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Dwight Filley Davis, Sr. (1879-1945) Typed Note Signed, \"Dwight F. Davis\", 4 x 2.5, on \"War Department\" embossed card, by the American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to 1925 and Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929. The typed note: \"I am pleased to add my autograph to your collection. Yours very truly.\" In fine condition, with minor age toning and mounting remnants on the reverse with no show through.
He reached the All-Comers final for the Men\'s Singles title at the US Championships in 1898 and 1899. He then teamed up with Holcombe Ward and won the Men\'s Doubles title at the championships for three years in a row from 1899 to 1901. Davis and Ward were also Men\'s Doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1901. Davis also won the American intercollegiate singles championship of 1899 as a student at Harvard College.
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.
He participated in the1904 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second round of the singles tournament. In the doubles tournament he and his partner Ralph McKittrick lost in the quarter-finals.
He served President Calvin Coolidge as Assistant Secretary of War (1923–25) and as Secretary of War (1925–29). He then served as Governor General of the Philippines (1929-32) under Herbert Hoover. #11647
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