Thomas Treadwell Davis

Thomas T. Davis

Thomas Treadwell Davis (born August 22, 1810 in Middlebury , Vermont , † May 2, 1872 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1863 and 1867 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Thomas Tredwell was his grandfather.

Career

Thomas Treadwell Davis was born in Addison County about two years before the outbreak of the British-American War . The family moved to Oneida County, New York in 1817 and settled in Clinton . There he attended the Clinton Academy and graduated from Hamilton College in 1831 . He moved to Syracuse , Onondaga County , in 1831 . In the following years he studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1833, he began practicing in Syracuse. He was also active in the railway industry and coal mining.

Politically, he was a member of the Unionist Party at the time. In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington DC in the 23rd  constituency of New York, where he succeeded Ambrose W. Clark on March 4, 1863 . He then joined the Republican Party . In 1864 he was elected to the 39th Congress . Since he on a run again in 1866 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1867 Congress of. His first term in office was overshadowed by the civil war and his second by the post-war period.

After his time in Congress, he resumed his practice in Syracuse. He died in Washington DC on May 2, 1872. His body was cremated and the ashes deposited in Oakwood Cemetery .

Web links

• Thomas Treadwell Davis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas Treadwell Davis in the database of Find a Grave (English)