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, Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Maine) |
| Died | April 20, 1831 (aged 56–57) Bath, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Occupation | Merchant |
Samuel Davis (1774 – April 20, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography[edit]
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[edit]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
