Timothy Davis (politician, 1821)

Timothy Davis (1859)

Timothy Davis (born April 12, 1821 in Gloucester , Massachusetts , † October 23, 1888 in Boston , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1859 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Timothy Davis attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in the printing trade for two years. He then worked in trade in Boston. Politically, he joined the American Party in the 1850s . In the congressional election of 1854 , Davis was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Charles Wentworth Upham on March 4, 1855 . After re-election as a candidate for the Republican Party , which he had since joined, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1859 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

In May 1860, Timothy Davis was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1861 he worked for the customs service in the port of Boston. At that time he was also involved in processing claims against the government. From 1870 to 1871 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . He died in Boston on October 23, 1888.

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SURNAME	Davis, Timothy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gloucester , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	October 23, 1888
Place of death	Boston , Massachusetts