James Davis (26 July 1826 – 22 April 1897) was an American politician from Iowa.
Davis was born in
Sullivan County, Indiana, on 26 July 1826. Aged 20, he settled in
Highland Center
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, a community in
Wapello County, and was elected to the
Iowa Senate as a
Whig from
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in 1846. He stepped down from the state senate at the end of his term in 1848. Davis married Rhoda Stephens on 23 September 1858. The couple had three children. He died on 22 April 1897.
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Iowa state senators
1897 deaths
People from Sullivan County, Indiana
People from Wapello County, Iowa
19th-century American legislators
1826 births
Iowa Whigs