John Davis (January 25, 1761 – January 14, 1847) was a delegate to the Massachusetts convention to ratify the United States Constitution, Comptroller for the United States Department of the Treasury, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
John Davis
Born 1851 in Newton, MA
Died 1902 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 3265
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- First assistant and acting secretary of state1882–1885
- French-American Claims CommissionAssistant counsel of the United States · 1881–1882
- Private practice, New York City and Washington, D.C.1874–1881
- Court of Commissioners of Alabama ClaimsClerk · 1874
- Secretary of State Hamilton FishPrivate secretary · 1872–1873
U.S. Department of StateClerk · 1870–1872- U.S. Agent J. C. Bancroft Davis, Joint High Commission, Geneva, SwitzerlandPrivate secretary · 1872
Appointments
- Court of Claims1885–1902 · Appointed by Chester A. Arthur (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Paris
- Heidelberg University, Germany
- Frederick William University (now Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Read law1874