Noah Davis
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Noah Davis (September 10, 1818 - March 20, 1902) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, he moved with his parents to Albion, Orleans County, New York in 1825. He attended the common schools and Lima Seminary in Buffalo. He studied law in Lewiston, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Gainesville and Buffalo. He returned to Albion in February 1844, where he continued the practice of law until May 1858. He was appointed and subsequently twice elected judge of the supreme court for the eighth judicial district, and served from 1857 to 1868. He resumed the practice of law, and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress, holding office from March 4, 1869 until July 15, 1870, when he resigned.
Davis was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and held that office from July 20, 1870 until December 31, 1872, when he resigned, having been elected a judge of the New York supreme court, in which position he served until 1887. He resumed the practice of law in New York City and was a member of the council of the University of the City of New York (now New York University.) He died in New York City; interment was in Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion.
