Glenn Robert Davis (October 28, 1914 – September 21, 1988) was an American educator and lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin.
Davis attended the Platteville State Teachers College (now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville) with a donation from his mother (who had been hiding the money from her husband for just such an occasion).
He also stepped up his involvement in politics, serving briefly as a local court commissioner and attending Republican Party functions.
Eight years later, in 1964, Davis made a successful comeback bid by winning the open ninth congressional district created by reapportionment.
Davis felt he was hurt by the then-unpopular pardon of Richard Nixon by then President Gerald Ford on the Sunday before the primary election.
He achieved perhaps his greatest mark as a close friend and golf partner of House Minority Leader Gerald Ford.
The Glenn Davis Charitable Foundation gives a monetary award to one graduating student in each Waukesha County high school every year.
The award is granted to a student who has done something to overcome substantial obstacles, reflecting Davis's own rise from a family of pickle farmers to U.S. congressman.