Davis, David

LL.D., jurist, born in Cecil co., Md., March 9, 1815. He was educated at Kenyon College, Gambier, O.; read law with Judge Bishop in Lenox, Ma ., and at the New Haven Law School in Conn. He sat in the convention of Illinois in 1847 for framing a new State constitution, and, after holding several important official positions, was appointed by President Lincoln a ociate justice of the Supreme Court of the U. S., Oct. 8, 1862; on his election as U. S. Senator from Illinois he resigned this office. During President Arthur's administration he was president of the Senate. Died in Blooming ton, Ill., June 26, 1886.