Samuel Davis (politician)
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, Maine |
Died |
Bath, Maine | April 20, 1831
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
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Peleg Tallman |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 16th congressional district 1813-1815 |
Succeeded by Benjamin Brown |