John Wesley Davis

John W. Davis
John W. Davis
	Davis as painted by W.D. Murphy, 1911.
4th Governor of Oregon Territory
	In office; May 14, 1853 – August 1, 1854
Appointed by	Franklin Pierce
Preceded by	George Law Curry (acting)
Succeeded by	George Law Curry
3rd United States Commissioner to the Great Qing Empire
	In office; January 3, 1848 – May 25, 1850
Appointed by	Zachary Taylor
Preceded by	Alexander Hill Everett
Succeeded by	Humphrey Marshall
17th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
	In office; December 1, 1845 – March 4, 1847
Preceded by	John W. Jones
Succeeded by	Robert C. Winthrop
Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
	In office; December 1, 1851 – June 21, 1852
Preceded by	Ebenezer Dumont
Succeeded by	William Hayden English
	In office; December 6, 1841 – January 31, 1842
Preceded by	Samuel Judah
Succeeded by	Thomas Jefferson Henley
	In office; December 3, 1832 – February 4, 1833
Preceded by	Harbin H. Moore
Succeeded by	Nathan B. Palmer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Indiana's 6th district
	In office; March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	David Wallace
Succeeded by	George G. Dunn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Indiana's 2nd district
	In office; March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	John Ewing
Succeeded by	Richard W. Thompson
	In office; March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	John Ewing
Succeeded by	John Ewing
Personal details
Born	John Wesley Davis; April 16, 1799; New Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Carlisle, Indiana, USA
Resting place	City Cemetery
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Other political; affiliations	Jacksonian
Alma mater	UMB
Occupation	Doctor
Profession	Medical
Committees	Committee on Public Lands

John Wesley Davis (April 16, 1799 – August 22, 1859) was a doctor and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s. He is remembered as the fourth Governor of the Oregon Territory and as a four time member of the Indiana state legislature.

Early life and education

Davis was born in New Holland, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1799, and later moved to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, with his parents.^[1]^[2] Davis graduated from Baltimore Medical College in 1821, then moved to Carlisle, Indiana, in 1823 and practiced medicine there.^[2] He married Ann Hoover on November 19, 1820.

Political career

State politics

Davis started his political career as an unsuccessful candidate for the Indiana Senate in 1828. He instead became a state court judge in Indiana from 1829 to 1831. He was elected a member of the Indiana House of Representatives four times, serving terms beginning in 1831, 1841, 1851, and 1857.^[1] He was Speaker of the Indiana House from 1832 to 1833 and again from 1841 to 1842 and 1851 to 1852.^[1]

National politics

He served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in the 24th, 26th, 28th and 29th Congresses and was Speaker of the U.S. House in the 29th Congress.^[1] From 1848 to 1850 he was U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China.^[1] In 1852 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Indiana.^[1]

Governorship

Davis was appointed to the office of Governor of the Oregon Territory in 1853 by President Franklin Pierce. His appointment was not welcomed by Oregonians, however, and he left office just over a year later, with the position returning to his predecessor, Secretary of the Territory George Law Curry.

Death

Davis died in Carlisle, Indiana on August 22, 1859.^[1] He was buried at City Cemetery in Carlisle.^[1]

References

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External links

John Wesley Davis at Find a Grave
Davis, John Wesley politicalgraveyard.com
Oregon State Library – Governors of Oregon Photographs – Short biography and photograph.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John Ewing	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 2nd congressional district 1835-1837	Succeeded by John Ewing
Preceded by John Ewing	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 2nd congressional district 1839-1841	Succeeded by Richard W. Thompson
Preceded by David Wallace	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 6th congressional district 1843-1847	Succeeded by George G. Dunn

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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana
1st district	Prince Call Boon Blake Boon Proffit Owen Embree Albertson Lockhart Miller Lockhart Niblack Law Niblack Fuller Heilman Kleiner Hovey Posey Parrett Taylor Hemenway Foster Boehne Sr. Lieb Denton Luhring W. Wilson Rowbottom Boehne Jr. Schulte Madden Benjamin Hall Visclosky
2nd district	Jennings Carr Ewing J. W. Davis Ewing J. W. Davis Thompson Henley Dunham English Cravens Kerr Wolfe Williams Humphreys Cobb O'Neall Bretz Hardy Miers Chaney Cullop Bland Greenwood Durgan Halleck Landgrebe Fithian Sharp McIntosh Pence Chocola Donnelly Walorski
3rd district	Test O. Smith Test Carty Carr Graham Carr J. L. White T. Smith Robinson Dunham Dunn Hughes Dunn Harrington R. Hill Hunter Holman Kerr Carr Bicknell Stockslager Howard Brown Tracewell Zenor Cox Dunbar Gardner Dunbar Crowe Pettengill Grant Crook Crumpacker Nimtz Brademas Hiler Roemer Souder Stutzman Banks
4th district	Lane Dunn T. Smith Cravens C. Smith Julian Parker Lane Cumback Foley Holman Farquhar Holman Julian Je. Wilson New Sexton New Holman Watson Holman Griffith Dixon Benham Canfield Farley Gillie Kruse Adair Roush Quayle Coats Long Souder Buyer Rokita
5th district	McCarty Rariden Kennedy Brown Wick Brown Hendricks Parker Holloway Kilgore Julian Coburn Holman Browne Matson Cooper Overstreet Faris Holliday Moss Sanders N. Johnson Gillen Griswold Harness Walsh Beamer Roush Roudebush Hillis Jontz Buyer Burton Brooks
6th district	Kinnard Herod Wick Wallace J. W. Davis Dunn Gorman Hendricks Barbour Gregg Porter Dumont Coburn Voorhees Hunter Robinson Myers Browne H. Johnson Watson Barnard Gray Comstock Elliott Larrabee Jenckes N. Johnson Harden Wampler Roudebush Bray Evans Burton Pence Messer
7th district	Hannegan A. White Howard Lane Wright McGaughey Thompson McGaughey J. G. Davis Scott J. G. Davis Voorhees Washburn Orth Manson Cason Landers Hanna Matyr Peelle English Bynum Henry Overstreet Korbly Moores Updike Ludlow Greenwood Landis Noland Bray Myers Pease Kerns J. Carson A. Carson
8th district	Pettit McDonald Mace Ja. Wilson A. White Orth Tyner Hunter Hostetler Peirce Lamb Johnston Brookshire Faris Henry Cromer Adair Vestal Boehne Jr. La Follette Mitchell Denton Merrill Denton Zion Hayes Cornwell Deckard McCloskey Hostettler Ellsworth Bucshon
9th district	Sample Cathcart Fitch Eddy Shanks Cason M. White Orth Doxey Ward Cheadle Waugh Hanly Landis Morrison Purnell Crowe E. Wilson Hogan E. Wilson Hamilton B. Hill Sodrel B. Hill Young Hollingsworth
10th district	Kennedy Rockhill Harlan Brenton Chamberlain Case Mitchell Edgerton Defrees Williams Sayler Haymond Calkins Motte T. Wood Owen Patton Hammond Hatch Crumpacker Peterson W. Wood Gray Springer Harvey Harmon Harvey Roudebush Dennis Sharp Jacobs Jr. J. Carson
11th district	Harlan Pettit Shanks McDowell Stilwell Shanks Packard Evans Cowgill Steele Martin Steele Landis Rauch Kraus Cook Hall Griswold Larrabee Ludlow Jacobs Sr. Brownson Barr Bruce Jacobs Jr. Hudnut Jacobs Jr.
12th district	Hamilton Colerick Lowry J. B. White McClellan McNagny Leighty Robinson Gilbert Gilhams Cline Fairfield Hogg Ludlow
13th district	Baker Calkins Shively Ford Shively Conn Royse Brick Barnhart Hickey Pettengill
At-large	Hendricks Jennings Packard / Orth / Williams
Territory	Parke Thomas Jennings

v t e Governors of Oregon
Provisional (1843–49)	Executive Committee Abernethy
Territorial (1849–59)	Lane Prichette Gaines Davis Curry
State (since 1859)	Whiteaker Gibbs Woods Grover Chadwick Thayer Moody Pennoyer Lord Geer Chamberlain Benson Bowerman West Withycombe Olcott Pierce I. Patterson Norblad Meier Martin Sprague Snell Hall McKay P. Patterson Smith Holmes Hatfield McCall Straub Atiyeh Goldschmidt Roberts Kitzhaber Kulongoski Kitzhaber Brown

v t e United States Ambassadors to China
Envoys to the Qing Empire 1843–1858	Caleb Cushing 1843–44 Alexander Hill Everett 1845–47 John Wesley Davis 1848–50 Humphrey Marshall 1852–54 Robert Milligan McLane 1853–54 Peter Parker 1855–57
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plentipotentiary to the Qing Empire 1858–1913	William Bradford Reed 1857–58 John Elliott Ward 1858–60 Anson Burlingame 1861–67 John Ross Browne 1868–69 Frederick F. Low 1869–73 Benjamin Avery 1874–75 George Seward 1876–80 James Burrill Angell 1880–81 John Russell Young 1882–85 Charles Harvey Denby 1885–98 Edwin H. Conger 1898–1905 William Woodville Rockhill 1905–09 William James Calhoun 1909–13
Envoy to the Republic of China 1913–1929	Paul Samuel Reinsch 1913–19 Charles Richard Crane 1920–21 Jacob Gould Schurman 1921–25 John Van Antwerp MacMurray 1925–29
Ambassador to the Republic of China 1929–1949	Nelson T. Johnson 1929–41 Clarence E. Gauss 1941–44 Patrick J. Hurley 1944–45 John Leighton Stuart 1946–49 Embassy in Taipei 1949–pres.
Chiefs of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing 1973–79	David K. E. Bruce 1973–74 George H. W. Bush 1974–75 Thomas S. Gates, Jr. 1976–77 Leonard Woodcock 1977–79
Ambassador to the People's Republic of China 1979–present	Leonard Woodcock 1979–81 Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. 1981–85 Winston Lord 1985–89 James R. Lilley 1989–91 J. Stapleton Roy 1991–95 Jim Sasser 1996–99 Joseph Prueher 1999–2001 Clark T. Randt, Jr. 2001–09 Jon Huntsman, Jr. 2009–11 Gary Locke 2011–14 Max Baucus 2014–pres.

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John W. Davis
Davis as painted by W.D. Murphy, 1911.

4th Governor of Oregon Territory
In office May 14, 1853 – August 1, 1854
Appointed by	Franklin Pierce
Preceded by	George Law Curry (acting)
Succeeded by	George Law Curry
3rd United States Commissioner to the Great Qing Empire
In office January 3, 1848 – May 25, 1850
Appointed by	Zachary Taylor
Preceded by	Alexander Hill Everett
Succeeded by	Humphrey Marshall
17th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office December 1, 1845 – March 4, 1847
Preceded by	John W. Jones
Succeeded by	Robert C. Winthrop
Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
In office December 1, 1851 – June 21, 1852
Preceded by	Ebenezer Dumont
Succeeded by	William Hayden English
In office December 6, 1841 – January 31, 1842
Preceded by	Samuel Judah
Succeeded by	Thomas Jefferson Henley
In office December 3, 1832 – February 4, 1833
Preceded by	Harbin H. Moore
Succeeded by	Nathan B. Palmer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 6th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	David Wallace
Succeeded by	George G. Dunn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	John Ewing
Succeeded by	Richard W. Thompson
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	John Ewing
Succeeded by	John Ewing

Personal details
Born	John Wesley Davis (1799-04-16)April 16, 1799 New Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Carlisle, Indiana, USA
Resting place	City Cemetery
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	Jacksonian
Alma mater	UMB
Occupation	Doctor
Profession	Medical
Committees	Committee on Public Lands