John Davis

Personal

Birthday: 
1/25/1761
Birthplace: 
Plymouth, MA
Date of Death: 
1/14/1847
Place of Death: 
Boston, MA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Delegate, Massachusetts convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788
State representative, Massachusetts
State senator, Massachusetts, 1795
Comptroller, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1795-1796
U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 1796-1801

Education

Name of School: 
Harvard College
Degree Year: 
1781
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1786

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Court Name: 

Massachusetts District Court

President Nominating: 
John Adams
Party Affiliation of President: 
Federalist
Commission Date: 
02/20/1801
Termination Date: 
07/10/1841
Termination Reason: 
Resignation