John Davis (Massachusetts Governor)

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U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
John Davis

14^th & 17^th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 9, 1834 – March 1, 1835 January 7, 1841 – January 17, 1843
Lieutenant(s)	Samuel Turell Armstrong George Hull
Preceded by	Levi Lincoln, Jr. Marcus Morton
Succeeded by	Samuel Turell Armstrong Marcus Morton
In office March 4, 1835 – January 5, 1841 March 24, 1845–March 3, 1853
Preceded by	Nathaniel Silsbee (1835) Isaac C. Bates (1845)
Succeeded by	Isaac C. Bates (1841) Edward Everett (1853)

Born	January 13, 1787 Northborough, Massachusetts, USA
Died	April 19, 1854 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Political party	Whig, National Republican
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

John Davis (January 13, 1787 – April 19, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician.

Born January 13, 1787 in Northborough, Massachusetts, graduated from Yale College in 1812 and practiced law in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1825, to January 14, 1834, when he resigned, having been elected Governor.

He served as the Whig Governor of Massachusetts from 1834 to 1835. Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1835 to January 5, 1841, when he resigned. He chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce.

Again he served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1841-1843 and again elected in 1845 to the U.S. Senate, as a Whig, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isaac C. Bates; reelected in 1847 and served from March 24, 1845, to March 3, 1853; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852, and retired from public life;

He died in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 19, 1854, aged 67; interment in the Rural Cemetery.

He was the father of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; he was also grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. and great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

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Political offices
Preceded by Jonas Sibley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district March 4, 1825 – January 14, 1834	Succeeded by Levi Lincoln, Jr.
Preceded by Levi Lincoln, Jr.	Governor of Massachusetts January 9, 1834 – March 1, 1835	Succeeded by Samuel Armstrong
Preceded by Nathaniel Silsbee	United States Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts March 4, 1835 – January 5, 1841 Served alongside: Daniel Webster	Succeeded by Isaac C. Bates
Preceded by Marcus Morton	Governor of Massachusetts January 7, 1841 – January 17, 1843	Succeeded by Marcus Morton
Preceded by Isaac C. Bates	United States Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts March 24, 1845 – March 3, 1853 Served alongside: Daniel Webster, Robert C. Winthrop, Robert Rantoul, Jr., Charles Sumner	Succeeded by Edward Everett

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