William Morris Davis (congressman)

William Morris Davis ( born August 16, 1815 in Keene Valley, Essex County, New York; † August 5, 1891 ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Neither Davis ' youth nor his schooling information are preserved. He moved to Pennsylvania and worked in Philadelphia in the sugar refinery. He was an opponent of slavery and joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854 to. He also worked as a writer. His friends included the sculptor Henry Kirke Brown and the inventor Linus Yale.

In the congressional elections of 1860 Davis was in the fifth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Wood on March 4, 1861. Until March 3, 1863, he was able to complete a term in Congress. This was marked by the events of the Civil War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, William Davis moved back from politics. He died on 5 August 1891 in his birthplace of Keene Valley and was buried in German Town.