{{Short description|American politician (born 1953)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Davy | native_name = <!--The person's name in their own language, if different.--> | native_name_lang = <!--ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} in |native_name= instead.--> | image = <!--If this is specified, "image" should not be.--> | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|05|06}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | order = | office = Commissioner of Human Services in New Jersey | predecessor = | successor = }}
'''James Davy''' (born May 6, 1953) is the former Commissioner of Human Services in New Jersey, holding the position under former Governors James McGreevey and Jon Corzine. He previously served on McGreevey's staff in the governor's office and while McGreevey was Mayor of Woodbridge Township.
Born May 6, 1953, in Philadelphia, he was raised in Pittsburgh and graduated in 1971 from North Allegheny Senior High School. He earned an undergraduate degree from Thiel College and a master's in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-oAkAQAAIAAJ&q=James+Davy+pennington+high+school ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 2003''], p. 477. Accessed James M. Davy, Pennington - Mr. Davy was born in Philadelphia May 6, 1953. He graduated from North Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh in 1971, and Thiel College in Greenville, Pa. in 1975. He holds a master's degree in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University."</ref>
On September 9, 2005, then Governor of New Jersey Richard Codey named his wife, Lucille Davy, as Acting Commissioner of Education. In doing so, they became the first husband and wife to serve in a state cabinet together in the country. They reside in Pennington, New Jersey.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080702034625/http://www.state.nj.us/governor/cabinet/lucille_davy.html Lucille Day], Office of the Governor of New Jersey, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 2, 2008. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Commissioner Davy is married to James M. Davy. They live in Pennington with their two sons, James and Andrew."</ref>
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