- John G. Davis
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name = John G. Davis
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state =Indiana
district = 7th
term_start =4 March 1851
term_end =3 March 1855 4 March 1859 -4 March 1861
preceded =Edward W. McGaughey Harvey D. Scott
succeeded =Harvey D. Scott Daniel W. Voorhees
birth_date = Birth date|1810|10|10
birth_place =Flemingsburg, Kentucky ,USA
death_date = Death date and age|1866|1|18|1810|10|10
death_place =Terre Haute, Indiana ,USA
restingplace = Highland Lawn Cemetery
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birthname = John Givan Davis
nationality = American
party = Democratic
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occupation =Businessman ,politician
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footnotes =John Givan Davis (
October 10 ,1810 -January 18 ,1866 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIndiana .Early life
Born near
Flemingsburg, Kentucky , Davis moved to Indiana with his parents, who settled in Rockville, Parke County, in 1819. He attended the country schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served asSheriff of Parke County from 1830 to 1833, and clerk of the county court 1833-1850.Political career
Davis was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd and 33rd Congresses but was unsuccessfull for re-election in 1854 to the 34th Congress. He was elected as a Democrat to the 35th Congress and re-elected as an Anti-
Lecompton Democrat to the 35th Congress, he was not a candidate for renomination in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress.Later life
Following his political career Davis engaged in mercantile pursuits and meat packing in
Montezuma, Indiana and moved toTerre Haute, Indiana , and engaged in business as a dry-goods merchant.Death
He died in
Terre Haute, Indiana , on January 18, 1866 and was interred in Highland Lawn Cemetery.External life
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