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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsGeorge Thomas DAVIS
(1810-1877)
DAVIS, George Thomas, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Sandwich, Mass., January
12, 1810; was graduated from Harvard University in 1829; studied
law at Cambridge and Greenfield, Mass.; was admitted to the bar in
1832 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Franklin County;
established the Franklin Mercury in 1833; member of the State
senate in 1839 and 1840; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second
Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1852; resumed the practice of law in Taunton and
Greenfield, Mass.; member of the State house of representatives in
1861; moved to Portland, Maine, where he died June 17, 1877;
interment in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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