George T. Davis

George Thomas Davis (born January 12, 1810 in Sandwich , Barnstable County , Massachusetts , †  June 17, 1877 in Portland , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Davis studied at Harvard University until 1829 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1832, he began to work in Greenfield in this profession. In 1833 he founded the Franklin Mercury newspaper. Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party . He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1839 and 1840 .

In the congressional election of 1850 Davis was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded George Ashmun on March 4, 1851 . Since he waived re-election in 1852, he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1853 . This was shaped by the events and discussions leading up to the civil war . The main issue was slavery .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, George Davis practiced as a lawyer in Taunton and Greenfield. In 1861 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . He later moved to Portland, Maine, where he died on June 17, 1877.

Web links

• George T. Davis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George T. Davis in the database of Find a Grave (English)