William Morris Davis (congressman)

William M. Davis
William M. Davis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania's 5th district
	In office; March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	John Wood
Succeeded by	Martin Russell Thayer
Personal details
Born	August 16, 1815; Keene, New York
Died	August 5, 1891 (aged 75); Keene, New York
Political party	Republican

William Morris Davis (August 16, 1815 – August 5, 1891), was an abolitionist, author and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Among his friends were the New York sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the lock inventor Linus Yale.^[1]

Biography

William Morris Davis was born in Keene, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania and became a sugar refiner in Philadelphia. Davis was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1883.^[2]

He died in Keene Valley in 1891. Interment in Friends Fair Hill Burial Ground in Germantown, Philadelphia.

Nimrod of the Sea or The American Whaleman – AOSTON (Harper & Bros., New York 1874)^[3]

William Morris Davis (1815–1891) : the story of a nineteenth century American – Arthur M. Johnson (Washington DC, 1951)

^ Linus Yale papers collection, Scope and Contents, 40" (8 boxes) Dates: 1821, 1844-1873
^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^ Nimrod of the Sea

The Davis, Brown, and Yale Families Correspondence, including personal letters from William Morris Davis, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Wood	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district 1861–1863	Succeeded by Martin R. Thayer

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