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John C. Bancroft Davis

Full Name: John Chandler Bancroft Davis

Lawyer/Diplomat/Railroad Officer

Centurion, 1855–1895

Proposed by
J. Howard Wainwright
born December 29, 1822
Worcester, Massachusetts
died December 27, 1907
Washington, District of Columbia
elected April 7, 1855
Age thirty-two
Member portrait of John C. Bancroft Davis
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 1, Leaf 31
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Archivist’s Notes

He ostensibly resigned sometime between 1857 and 1860 and was reinstated in June 1864 with a new set of proposers, Jonathan Sturges and Abraham M. Cozzens. Brother of Andrew McFarland Davis.

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