Davis, John, 1851-1902
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Name (Latin)
Davis, John, 1851-1902
Date of birth
1851-09-16
Date of death
1902-05-05
Gender
male
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- Davis, John; born September 16, 1851, in Newton, Massachusetts; died May 5, 1902, in Washington, D.C.; judge, Court of Claims; confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 1885; service terminated on May 5, 1902, due to death; education: University of Paris, Heidelberg University, Germany, Frederick William University (now Humboldt University of Berlin), read law, 1874; clerk, U.S. Department of State, 1870-1872; private secretary, U.S. Agent J. C. Bancroft Davis, Joint High Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, 1872; private secretary, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, 1872-1873; clerk, Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, 1874; private practice, New York City and Washington, D.C., 1874-1881; assistant counsel of the United States, French-American Claims Commission, 1881-1882; First assistant and acting secretary of state, 1882-1885 ( (Biographical directory of Article III federal judges, viewed July 29, 2025) )
- volume 1, page 301 (Davis, John; associate judge U.S. Court of Claims, January 20, 1885-; born Newton, Massachusetts, September 16, 1851; died 1902; studied in Universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Paris; (A.M., Harvard); held several minor diplomatic posts, and became, 1874, clerk of court of Ala. Claims; practiced law, Washington and New York; assist counsel for U.S. before Franco-American Claims Commission, 1881; assistant secretary of State, 1882-1885 ( (Who was who in America:) )
- Report from the Secretary of State ... relating to the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, 1877:p. 9 (John Davis, of Massachusetts; Clerk of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims)
- OCLC, Feb. 16, 2000(hdg.: Davis, John, 1851-1902)