John Davis (U.S. district court judge)

John Davis
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office
February 20, 1801 – July 10, 1841
Appointed byJohn Adams
Preceded byJohn Lowell
Succeeded byPeleg Sprague
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1796–1801
Appointed byGeorge Washington
Preceded byHarrison Gray Otis
Succeeded byGeorge Blake
Personal details
Born
John Davis

(1761-01-25)January 25, 1761
Plymouth,
Province of Massachusetts Bay,
British America
DiedJanuary 25, 1847(1847-01-25) (aged 86)
Boston, Massachusetts
EducationHarvard University
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John Davis (January 25, 1761 – January 14, 1847) was a delegate to the Massachusetts convention to ratify the United States Constitution, Comptroller for the United States Department of the Treasury, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.