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John Wesley Davis (April 16 1799 – August 22 1859) was a doctor and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.

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active years end date
1833-02-04, 1837-03-03, 1839-03-04, 1841-12-06, 1847-03-03, 1847-03-04, 1850-05-25, 1851-12-01, 1854-08-01
active years start date
1832-12-03, 1835-03-04, 1843-03-04, 1845-12-01, 1848-01-03, 1853-05-14
alma mater
University of Maryland Baltimore
birth date
1799-04-16
birth place
New Holland Pennsylvania
committee
Committee on Public Lands
death date
1859-08-22
death place
Carlisle Indiana
office
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, 3rd United States Commissioner to the Great Qing Empire, 4th Governor of Oregon Territory, Indiana State court judge
order in office
21st, Indiana House Representative
other party
Democratic-Republican Party
party
Democratic Party (United States)
president
James K. Polk
region
Indiana's 2nd congressional district, Indiana's 6th congressional district, Indiana
successor
Robert Charles Winthrop, William Hayden English, Thomas J. Henley, George Law Curry

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