Warren R. Davis

Warren Ransom Davis (born May 8, 1793 in Columbia , South Carolina , †  January 29, 1835 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1835 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school, Warren Davis attended South Carolina College in Columbia until 1810 , which later became the University of South Carolina . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1814, he began to practice in Pendleton in his new profession. Between 1818 and 1824 he was a prosecutor in the western judicial district of South Carolina.

In the 1820s Davis joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and then became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . In 1826 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded John Wilson on March 4, 1827 . After several re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on January 29, 1835 .

From about 1830 Davis joined the Nullifier faction led by John C. Calhoun , for which he was elected to Congress in the subsequent elections. With that he went into opposition to President Jackson. During the Nullification Crisis , Davis assisted the State of South Carolina in its efforts to repeal federal laws on its territory. Other points of discussion in Congress included the implementation of the controversial Indian Removal Act and President Jackson's banking policy. Between 1831 and 1833 Davis was chairman of the legal committee. He was buried in the Washington Convention Cemetery.

Web links

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