Noah Davis
Noah Davis (September 10, 1818 Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire - March 20, 1902 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
His family moved to Albion, New York, in 1825. He attended Lima Seminary in Buffalo, New York. Then he studied law in Lewiston, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1841, and practiced in Gainesville, New York, and Buffalo. He returned to Albion in February 1844, and practiced law in partnership with Sanford E. Church.
In 1857, he was appointed to the New York Supreme Court (8th District) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Mullett, and was subsequently elected to two eight-year terms, but resigned in 1868 after his election to Congress. He was ex officio a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1865.
Davis was elected as a Republican to the 41st United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1869, to July 15, 1870, when he resigned. Davis was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and held that office from July 20, 1870, to December 31, 1872, when he resigned.
In November 1872, he was elected to a 14-year term on the New York Supreme Court (1st District). He presided over the trial of William M. Tweed in 1873. After his term expired, he resumed the practice of law in New York City and was a member of the council of the University of the City of New York (now New York University.)
He was buried at Mount Albion Cemetery in Albion.
References
- Noah Davis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- EX-JUSTICE DAVIS DEAD, The New York Times, March 21, 1902
- The New York Civil List, compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (p. 352; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- [1] Court of Appeals judges
External links
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 28th congressional district 1869 - 1870 |
Succeeded by Charles H. Holmes |
- 1818 births
- 1902 deaths
- People from Haverhill, New Hampshire
- New York Republicans
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- People from Albion, Orleans County, New York
- People from New York City
- New York Supreme Court Justices
- United States Attorneys for the Southern District of New York
- New York Court of Appeals judges
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Gainesville, New York
- People from Lewiston, New York
