Timothy Davis (politician, 1794)

Timothy Davis

Timothy Davis (born March 29, 1794 in Newark , New Jersey , † April 27, 1872 in Elkader , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1859 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Timothy Davis attended public schools in his home country. In 1816 he moved to Kentucky . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession. He later moved to Missouri , where he also practiced as a lawyer. In 1837 he settled in Dubuque , Wisconsin Territory .

After his new home was first part of the Iowa Territory and then from 1846 part of the new state of Iowa, Davis ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Know-Nothing Party for Congress in 1848 . In the 1850s he became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1856 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Iowa against former Congressman Shepherd Leffler , where he succeeded James Thorington on March 4, 1857 . Davis and Samuel Ryan Curtis , who had been elected to the House of Representatives in the first district at the same time, were the first two Republicans to represent the state of Iowa there. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1858, Davis could only hold one term in Congress until March 3, 1859, which was overshadowed by the events leading up to the Civil War .

After his tenure in the House of Representatives, Timothy Davis returned to working as a lawyer in Dubuque. He was also involved in a few other deals. He died on April 27, 1872 in Elkader and was buried there.

Web links

• Timothy Davis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Timothy Davis in the database of Find a Grave (English)