Samuel Davis (politician)

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Samuel Davis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byPeleg Tallman
Succeeded byBenjamin Brown
Personal details
Born1774 (1774)
Bath, Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Maine)
DiedApril 20, 1831(1831-04-20) (aged 56–57)
Bath, Maine, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
OccupationMerchant

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[]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Peleg Tallman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 16th congressional district

1813-1815
Succeeded by
Benjamin Brown
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