David Davis

Biography of David Davis

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Davis
• First Name: David
• Date of Birth: March , 9 , 1815
• Place of Birth (POB): Cecil County , Maryland (US-MD, MD, 24, Md.)
• Date of Death: June , 26 , 1886
• Place of Death (POD): Bloomington , Illinois (US-IL, IL, 17, Ill., Il., Ills., Ill's)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

David Davis Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Abraham Lincoln ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/01/1862
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 10/17/1862
• Seat vacated by: Campbell , John
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/03/1862
• Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
• Committee action date: 12/05/1862
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/08/1862
• Commission Date: 12/08/1862
• Date of Termination: 03/04/1877
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

David Davis in the Law School

• Name of School: Kenyon College
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1832

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1834

Third Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Yale Law School

David Davis Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Pekin, Illinois, 1835-1836
• Private practice, Bloomington, Illinois, 1836-1848
• State representative, Illinois, 1844
• Delegate, Illinois constitutional convention, 1847
• Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1848-1862
• U.S. senator from Illinois, 1877-1883
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Eighth Circuit, October 29, 1862-April 7, 1867
• Seventh Circuit, April 8, 1867-March 4, 1877

Resources

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