Amos Davis

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Amos Davis (born August 15, 1794 in Mount Sterling , Montgomery County , Kentucky , †  June 11, 1835 in Owingsville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Amos Davis was the older brother of Garrett Davis (1801-1872), who was a member of Congress between 1839 and 1847 and from 1861 to 1872 US Senator for the state of Kentucky. He attended schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Mount Sterling. He also became a sheriff in Montgomery County. Davis embarked on a political career in addition to his other activities. Between 1819 and 1828 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives on several occasions . In the years 1826 and 1830 he ran unsuccessfully for the Congress .

In the 1820s Davis joined the movement against later US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party , which became part of the Whig Party in the mid-1830s . In the congressional elections of 1832 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eleventh constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Albert Gallatin Hawes on March 4, 1833 . By March 3, 1835, Davis served a term in Congress. Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

For the elections of 1836 , Davis planned a candidacy to regain his seat, which he lost to Richard French in 1834 . But he died in June 1835 at an early election rally in Owingsville. Amos Davis was buried in his native Mount Sterling.

Web links

  • Amos Davis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Davis, Amos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Sterling , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1835
Place of death Owingsville , Kentucky