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Richard D. Davis

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Richard D. Davis
Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims
In office
1843–1845
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845
Preceded byCharles Johnston
Succeeded byWilliam W. Woodworth
Constituency5th district (1841–43)
8th district (1843–45)
Personal details
Born
Richard David Davis

1799 (1799)
Stillwater, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 17, 1871(1871-06-17) (aged 71–72)
Waterford, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materYale College

Richard David Davis (1799 – June 17, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1841 to 1845.

Biography

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Born at Stillwater, New York, Davis graduated from Yale College in 1818. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie.

Tenure in Congress

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Davis was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-eighth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. Withdrew from political and professional life.

Later career and death

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He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Waterford, New York, where he died on June 17, 1871. He was interred in Waterford Rural Cemetery.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Richard D. Davis (id: D000128)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 5th congressional district

1841–1843
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 8th congressional district

1843–1845
Succeeded by

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress