Samuel Davis (politician)

Samuel Davis
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, Maine
Died April 20, 1831(1831-04-20)
Bath, Maine
Political party Federalist
Occupation Merchant

Samuel Davis (1774 April 20, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Born in Bath, Maine (until 1820 a district of Massachusetts), 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.

He died in Bath, Maine, on April 20, 1831, and was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery.

References

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United States 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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