David Davis
Born: March 9, 1815
Birthplace: Cecil County, Maryland
Father: Dr. David Davis 1787 – 1814
(Buried: Saint Stephens Episcopal Cemetery, Earleville, Maryland)
Mother: Ann Betts 1796 – 1851
(Buried: Harmony Cemetery, Otsego, New York)
Wife: Sarah Woodruff Walker 1814 – 1879
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Married: October 30, 1838 in Lenox, Massachusetts
Children:
George Perrin Davis 1842 – 1917
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Bloomington Illinois)
Mercer Davis 1845 – 1846
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Lucy Adam Davis 1850 – 1850
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Sarah Worthington Davis Lillard 1852 – 1934
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Frances Mary Davis 1857 – 1857
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Political Party:
Before – 1854: Member of Whig Political Party
1854 – 1870: Member of Republican Political Party
1870 – 1872: Member of Liberal Republican Political Party
1872 – 1886: Member of Independent Political Party
Education:
1832: Graduated from Kenyon College
Attended New Haven Law School
Occupation before War:
1835 – 1836: Attorney in Pekin, Illinois
1836 – 1848: Attorney in Bloomington, Illinois
1844 – 1846: Illinois State Representative
1847: Delegate to Illinois State Constitutional Convention
1848 – 1862: Judge of Eighth Circuit Court of Illinois
1860: Illinois Delegate to Republican Party National Convention
Civil War Career:
1862 – 1877: Associate Justice of United States Supreme Court
Occupation after War:
1866: Author of Decision in Case of Ex Parte Milligan
1870: Sided with the minority in Case of Hepburn V. Griswold
1872: Received Labor Reform Party Presidential Nomination.
1872: Unsuccessful Candidate Liberal Party Presidential Nomination.
1872: Withdrew from President Election due to not receiving Liberal Republican Party Nomination.
1872: Received one of Greeley’s electoral votes in Electoral College.
1877: Resigned from United States Supreme Court to enter Senate.
1877 – 1883: United States Senator from Illinois
1877 – 1879: Member of Senate Pensions Committee
1881 – 1883: President Pro Tempore of United States Senate
1882: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Senate.
Died: June 26, 1886
Place of Death: Bloomington, Illinois
Age at time of Death: 71 years old
Burial Place: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois
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