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Up for sale "Indiana Congressman" John G. Davis Hand Signed Album Page.
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John
Givan Davis (October 10, 1810
– January 18, 1866) was Born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky,
Davis moved to Indiana with his parents, who settled in Rockville, Parke
County, in 1819. He attended the country schools and engaged in agricultural
pursuits. He served as Sheriff of Parke County from 1830 to
1833, and clerk of the county court 1833–1850. Davis was elected as Congresses but
was unsuccessful for re-election in 1854 to the 34th Congress.
He was elected as a Democrat to
the 35th Congress and
re-elected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the 36th Congress,
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1860 to his political career Davis engaged in mercantile pursuits and meat
packing in Montezuma, Indiana and
moved to Terre Haute, Indiana, and
engaged in business as a dry-goods merchant. He died in Terre Haute, Indiana, on
January 18, 1866 and was interred in Highland Lawn Cemetery.