Samuel Davis
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Samuel Davis (1774, Bath, Maine – April 20, 1831, Bath, Maine) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Bath, Maine (until 1820 a district of Massachusetts), Davis engaged in mercantile pursuits. He became a shipowner in 1801. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1803 and 1808-1812. He served as overseer of Bowdoin College 1813-1818. He served as president of the Lincoln Bank in his hometown of Bath, Maine in 1813.
Davis was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815). He was again a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1815 and 1816.
In his private life he was a merchant in African and West Indian trade.[citation needed]
He died in Bath, Maine on April 20, 1831 and was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery.
