Richard D. Davis

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Richard David Davis (1799 – June 17, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born at Stillwater, New York, Davis graduated from Yale College in 1818. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie.

Davis was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-eighth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. Withdrew from political and professional life. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Waterford, New York, where he died on June 17, 1871. He was interred in Waterford Rural Cemetery.

References

Richard D. Davis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles Johnston	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 5th congressional district 1841–1843	Succeeded by Moses G. Leonard
Preceded by Jacob Houck, Jr. Robert McClellan	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 8th congressional district 1843–1845	Succeeded by William W. Woodworth

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Name	Davis, Richard David
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1799
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Date of death	June 17, 1871
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