Timothy Davis (Iowa)
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Timothy Davis (March 29, 1794 - April 27, 1872) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Davis attended the public schools. He moved to Kentucky in 1816. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Missouri and engaged in the practice of law, and later, in 1837, moved to Dubuque, Iowa, and continued the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress.
Davis was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859). He resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in business activities in Dubuque. He was also interested in merchant milling at Elkader, Iowa, Galesville, Wisconsin, and Pickwick, Minnesota. He died in Elkader, Iowa, on April 27, 1872. He was interred in Elkader Cemetery.
