Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
John C. Bancroft Davis
Lawyer/Diplomat/Railroad Officer
Centurion, 1855–1895
Proposed by
J. Howard Wainwright
J. Howard Wainwright
born
December 29, 1822
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
died
December 27, 1907
Washington, District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia
elected
April 7, 1855
Age thirty-two
Age thirty-two
buried
Grace Episcopal Churchyard,
Jamaica, New York
Jamaica, New York
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.