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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Indiana / USJohn Wesley DAVIS
(1799-1859)
DAVIS, John Wesley, a
Representative from Indiana; born in New Holland, Lancaster County,
Pa., April 16, 1799; moved to Cumberland County, Pa., with his
parents, who settled near Shippensburg; completed preparatory
studies; studied medicine; was graduated from the Baltimore Medical
College in 1821; moved to Carlisle, Ind., in 1823 and practiced
medicine; surrogate of Sullivan County 1829-1831; member of the
State house of representatives 1831-1833 and served as speaker in
1831; commissioner to negotiate an Indian treaty in 1834; elected
as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March
3, 1837); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1836
because of ill health; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth
Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; again a member
of the State house of representatives 1841-1843 and served as
speaker in 1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); chairman,
Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-eighth Congress); Speaker of the
House of Representatives (Twenty-ninth Congress); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1846; appointed by President Polk
United States Commissioner to China and served from 1848 to 1851,
when his successor was appointed; member of the State house of
representatives in 1851, 1852, and again in 1857; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1852; appointed by President
Pierce as Governor of Oregon Territory and served in 1853 and 1854;
member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military
Academy at West Point in 1858; died in Carlisle, Sullivan County,
Ind., August 22, 1859; interment in the City Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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