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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSamuel DAVIS
(1774-1831)
DAVIS, Samuel, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Bath, Maine (until 1820
a district of Massachusetts), in 1774; engaged in mercantile
pursuits; became a shipowner in 1801; member of the Massachusetts
house of representatives in 1803 and 1808-1812; overseer of Bowdoin
College 1813-1818; president of the Lincoln Bank, Bath, Maine, in
1813; elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4,
1813-March 3, 1815); again a member of the Massachusetts house of
representatives in 1815 and 1816; merchant in African and West
Indian trade; died in Bath, Maine, April 20, 1831; interment in
Maple Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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