John Davis
Personal
Birthday:
9/16/1851
Birthplace:
Newton, MA
Date of Death:
5/5/1902
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Clerk, U.S. Department of State, 1870-1872
Private secretary, U.S. Agent J. C. Bancroft Davis, Joint High Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, 1872
Private secretary, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, 1872-1873
Clerk, Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, 1874
Private practice, New York City and Washington, D.C., 1874-1881
Assistant counsel of the United States, French-American Claims Commission, 1881-1882
First assistant and acting secretary of state, 1882-1885
Education
Name of School:
Heidelberg University, Germany
Name of School - Second:
Frederick William University (now Humboldt University of Berlin)
Name of School - Third:
University of Paris
Name of School - Fourth:
Read law
Degree Year - Fourth:
1874 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Court of Claims
Court Name:
United States Court of Federal Claims
President Nominating:
Chester A. Arthur
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
01/20/1885
Termination Date:
5/5/1902
Termination Reason:
Death