Davis Carpenter (December 25, 1799 – October 22, 1878) was a

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from

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. Carpenter was born in Walpole,

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, on December 25, 1799, where he studied medicine. He graduated from

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, in 1824, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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. Carpenter was elected as a Whig to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

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and served from November 8, 1853, to March 3, 1855. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the

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. He engaged in the practice of medicine in Brockport, New York, where he died there October 22, 1878, and is interred in High Street Cemetery.

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