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Dwight Filley Davis Sr.  (July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an 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. Dwight Filley Davis was born in St. Louis , Missouri , on July 5, 1879. His grandfather, Oliver Dwight Filley , was mayor of St. Louis from 1858 to 1861. A cousin, Chauncey Ives Filley , served as mayor of St. Louis from 1863 to 1864. 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 the 1904 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. Davis was educated at Washington University Law School , though he 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 as Secretary of War  (1925–29). He then served as Governor General of the Philippines  (1929–32) under Herbert Hoover . Davis trained at the Preparedness Movement  Citizens' Military Training Camp  in 1915. From 1916 to 1917 he toured Europe as part of the Rockefeller War Relief Board. With war declared Davis enlisted as a private in the Missouri National Guard  and was commissioned in August 1917. Going to France, Davis was promoted to Major and became adjutant  of the 69th Infantry Brigade  of the 35th Infantry Division . During this period he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross . After the war he was a Colonel in the Army Reserves. In 1942 Davis was the first and only Director General of the short lived Army Specialist Corps . On the disbandment of the unit became an advisor with the rank of Major General. His daughter Alice Brooks Davis was married to the British Ambassador to the United States  Sir Roger Makins . Another daughter, Cynthia Davis, was married to banker William McChesney Martin, Jr, the longest-serving Federal Reserve director (1951–1970) who served under five presidents (Truman to Nixon). Davis was honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fam

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