William Morris Davis (August 16, 1815 – August 5, 1891), was an abolitionist, author and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Among his friends were the New York sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the lock inventor Linus Yale.[1]
William M. Davis | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th district | |
In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | |
Preceded by | John Wood |
Succeeded by | Martin Russell Thayer |
Personal details | |
Born | Keene, New York | August 16, 1815
Died | August 5, 1891 Keene, New York | (aged 75)
Political party | Republican |
William Morris Davis was born in Keene, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania and became a sugar refiner in Philadelphia. Davis was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1883.[2]
He died in Keene Valley in 1891. Interment in Friends Fair Hill Burial Ground in Germantown, Philadelphia.