John G. Davis

Quill platform ID: p16198.

(10 October, 1810 --18 January, 1866) Davis was an American businessman and politician. Born in Fleming County, Kentucky, Davis moved to Indiana in 1819 and served in various public service roles such as Sheriff of Parke County (1830-1833) and Clerk of the county court (1833-1850). Davis was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-Second and Thirty-Third Congresses and after failed reelection returned to Congress as a Democrat in the Thirty-Fifth Congress and as a Anti-Lecompton Democrat in the Thirty-Sixth Congress. Afterwards, Davis engaged in the dry-goods business until his death in 1866. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

Member of Indiana Delegation—The Road to Civil War.

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