John Davis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th district
In office March 4, 1825 – January 14, 1834
Preceded by	Jonas Sibley
Succeeded by	Levi Lincoln, Jr.
14th & 17th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 9, 1834 – March 1, 1835 January 7, 1841 – January 17, 1843
Lieutenant	Samuel Turell Armstrong George Hull
Preceded by	Levi Lincoln, Jr. Marcus Morton
Succeeded by	Samuel Turell Armstrong Marcus Morton
United States Senator from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1835 – January 5, 1841 March 24, 1845 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	Nathaniel Silsbee Isaac C. Bates
Succeeded by	Isaac C. Bates Edward Everett
Born	January 13, 1787(1787-01-13) Northborough, Massachusetts
Died	April 19, 1854 (aged 67) Worcester, Massachusetts
Political party	Whig National Republican
Alma mater	Yale College
Profession	Law

John Davis (January 13, 1787 – April 19, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician.

Born January 13, 1787 in Northborough, Massachusetts, graduated from Yale College in 1812, where he was one of the four founding members of the Skull and Dagger secret society. He later practiced law in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1825, to January 14, 1834, when he resigned, having been elected Governor.

He served as the Whig Governor of Massachusetts from 1834 to 1835. Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1835 to January 5, 1841, when he resigned. He chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce.

Again he served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1841-1843 and again elected in 1845 to the U.S. Senate, as a Whig, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isaac C. Bates; reelected in 1847 and served from March 24, 1845, to March 3, 1853; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852, and retired from public life.

He died in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 19, 1854, aged 67; interment in the Rural Cemetery.

He married Eliza Bancroft and they were the parents of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; he was also great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Eliza Bancroft was the daughter of distinguished revolutionary soldier, leading Unitarian clergyman and author of a popular life of George Washington Aaron Bancroft. Her brother George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level.

External links

• John Davis (Massachusetts Governor) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• John Davis at Find A Grave
• Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography

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