Thomas Terry Davis

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Thomas Terry Davis (1758^[1] - November 15, 1807) was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He studied law and in 1789 was admitted to the Kentucky bar. He was a lawyer in private practice and was deputy attorney, Kentucky; he was first prosecuting attorney for district, Kentucky and was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797. Davis was married to Elizabeth Robards.

Davis was elected as a Republican to the Fifth and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803. He was appointed United States judge of Indiana Territory Supreme Court on February 8, 1803 and was chancellor of Indiana Territory in 1806 and 1807. He presided over the treason trial of Davis Floyd during his tenure there. He died in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

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• Thomas Terry Davis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress