George T. Davis
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George Thomas Davis (January 12, 1810 - June 17, 1877) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, Davis was graduated from Harvard University in 1829. He studied law at Cambridge and Greenfield, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Franklin County. He established the Franklin Mercury in 1833. He served as member of the State senate in 1839 and 1840.
Davis was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852. He resumed the practice of law in Taunton and Greenfield, Massachusetts. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1861. He moved to Portland, Maine, where he died June 17, 1877. He was interred in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts.
