{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = George T. Davis | honorific_suffix = | image = | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|6|6th}} | term_start = March 4, 1851 | term_end = March 3, 1853 | preceded = [[George Ashmun]] | succeeded = [[Charles Wentworth Upham]] | title2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | district2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3 --> | term_start2 = 1861 | term_end2 = 1861 | preceded2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3 --> | succeeded2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3 --> | state_senate3 = Massachusetts | district3 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | term_start3 = 1839 | term_end3 = 1840 | preceded3 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | succeeded3 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | birth_date = {{birth date|1810|1|12}} | birth_place = [[Sandwich, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1877|6|17|1810|1|12}} | death_place = [[Portland, Maine]], U.S. | resting_place = Green River Cemetery, [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]], U.S. | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = George Thomas Davis | party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations --> | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married --> | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Cambridge and Greenfield, [[Massachusetts]] | occupation = Politician | profession = Law | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''George Thomas Davis''' (January 12, 1810 – June 17, 1877) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].
==Early life and education== George Davis was born in [[Sandwich, Massachusetts]]. He attended [[Harvard University]] and graduated in 1829. His classmates included [[William Henry Channing]], [[James Freeman Clarke]], [[Benjamin Robbins Curtis]], [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]], [[Benjamin Peirce]], and [[Samuel Francis Smith]]. He later studied law at Cambridge and Greenfield, Massachusetts.
==Career== Davis was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1832 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Franklin County. He established the ''Franklin Mercury'' in 1833.
He entered into politics served as member of the State Senate in 1839 and 1840.
He was elected as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] to the [[32nd United States Congress|32nd Congress]] (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852 and instead resumed the practice of law in Taunton and Greenfield, Massachusetts.
He did not give up on politics however and served as member of the State House of Representatives in 1861.
==Later life and death== Davis moved to [[Portland, Maine]], where he died June 17, 1877. He was interred in Green River Cemetery, [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]].
==References== {{CongBio|D000101}}
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