Samuel Davis (politician)
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Samuel Davis | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 16th district | |
In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | |
Preceded by | Peleg Tallman |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | 1774 Bath, Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Maine) |
Died | April 20, 1831 Bath, Maine, U.S. | (aged 56–57)
Political party | Federalist |
Occupation | Merchant |
Samuel Davis (1774 – April 20, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography[]
Born in Bath in Massachusetts Bay's Province of Maine, Davis engaged in mercantile pursuits and became a shipowner in 1801. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1803 and 1808-1812. He served as overseer of Bowdoin College from 1813 to 1818 and as president of Lincoln Bank in Bath in 1813.
Davis was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815). He was again a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1815 and 1816.
In his private life he was a merchant in African and West Indian trade.[citation needed]
He died in Bath, Maine, on April 20, 1831, and was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery.
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
- 1774 births
- 1831 deaths
- People from Bath, Maine
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Federalists
- Businesspeople from Maine
- Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives