Horace Davis

Horace Davis ( born March 16, 1831 in Worcester, Massachusetts, † July 12, 1916 in San Francisco, California ) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1881 he represented the State of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Horace Davis, the son of Governor and U.S. Senator John Davis (1787-1854) of Massachusetts, the public schools of his home and the visited Williams College in Williamstown. Then he studied until 1849 at Harvard University. There he also completed a law degree. However, due to an eye condition he could not work as a lawyer. In 1852 he came to California, where he was engaged in trade. Since 1860 he lived in San Francisco and engaged there in the mill business.

Politically, Davis joined the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1876 he was the first electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Adam Piper on March 4, 1877. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1881 two legislative sessions.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Horace Davis took his previous activities on again. Between 1880 and 1888 he was in the Republican National Committee. In 1883 and 1884 he headed the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco. From 1885 until his death Davis served as Chairman of the Board of Stanford University. From 1887 to 1890 he was also the successor of Edward Singleton Holden president of the University of California at Berkeley. He died on July 12, 1916 in San Francisco. His older brother was Bancroft 1874-1877 Ambassador of the United States in the German Reich.