Davis political family
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The Davis family is an Irish-American
and British-American
family, prominent in American
politics
and government
. Their political involvement has revolved around the Whig Party
, Federalist Party
, and the Republican Party
. Harvard
and Yale
educations have been frequent among them, and most had gone further on to Law School. Some were in clubs at these schools such as the Fox Club
at Harvard
and has one of the founding members of the Skull and Dagger secret society at Yale
and Harvard
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The members include the jurist John Davis (1761–1847), who was a lawyer in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and a delegate from Plymouth to the Massachusetts state convention, called to consider adoption of the Federal Constitution. He was three times in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and was a state senator of Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Davis was President George Washington's Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States, and Washington then appointed him the United States Attorney for the district of Massachusetts. He was President John Adams' appointed judge of the United States district court for the district of Massachusetts. His probable most noted achievement was his wise handling of the law in regards to commercial mercantile embarrassment of New England at the time of an embargo and the War of 1812 which instilled the community's confidence in the law. He served as president of the Massachusetts Historical Society (1818–1835) and was said to be the first person to the Plymouth colonists as pilgrims in his old to an anniversary celebration in 1794. He was a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow (1803), treasurer (1810) and member of the board of overseers (1827–1836).
Continuing with his son, John Davis
(1787–1854), Governor of Massachusetts
, United States Senator of Massachusetts, and United States Representative of Massachusetts. Elizabeth Davis Bliss was John Davis's sister who married George Bancroft
(1800–1891), who was an American historian, statesman, and who as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and was a U.S. Minister to Britain. His father was Aaron Bancroft (1755–1839) who was an American clergyman, pastor, minuteman, and president of the American Unitarian Association
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Then with Gov. Davis' two sons, John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822–1907), who was an American lawyer and diplomat, serving as the 7th, 9th, and 14th Assistant Secretary of State to the President. He was also the ninth reporter of decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. His brother, Horace Davis
(1831–1916) was a United States Representative from California, an American author, and president of the University of California, Berkeley.
As well as the great-great-grandsons of The Massachusetts Governor John Davis is John Davis Lodge
(1903–1985), a Governor of Connecticut
, an actor, and a U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland. His brother, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, a U.S. ambassador at large, to the United Nations, South Vietnam(twice), West Germany, and a candidate for Vice President of the United States.
These two brother's uncle was Augustus Peabody Gardner (1865–1918), who was a United States Representative from Massachusetts
, captain and assistant adjutant general on the staff of General James Wilson during the Spanish-American War, chairman of the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions in Congress, and he was colonel in the Adjutant General’s Department, and a United States Infantryman, with rank of major. Their grandfather was Henry Cabot Lodge
(1850–1924) who was a United States Senator from Massachusetts
, United States Representative of Massachusetts, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, historian, Dean of the United States Senate, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and 1st Senator majority leader.
Their great-grandfather was Admiral Charles Henry Davis
(1807–1877), he was the Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, and a board member of the Lighthouse Board and the Naval Observatory in his retirement. Their great-great grandfather was Elijah Hunt Mills (1776–1829) was a United States Senior Senator from Massachusetts, and United States Representative of Massachusetts. And their great-great-grandfather was George Cabot
(1752–1823), was an American merchant, seaman, he was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, the Presiding Officer of the Hartford Convention, he was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775, a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1777, a delegate to the state convention that adopted the United States Constitution in 1787, he was elected (as "Pro-Administration") to the United States Senate (1791–1796), and when he resigned he was appointed to but declined to be the first United States Secretary of the Navy in 1798.
Unrelated to the political careers in this family, John Davis Lodge
and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.'s father was the famous American poet, George Cabot Lodge
(1873–1909) who was married to Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge. Henry Cabot Lodge
's wife was Anna Cabot Mills Davis, whose maternal aunt was married to Benjamin Peirce
(1809–1880), an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for forty years, instrumental in the development of Harvard's science curriculum, director of the U.S. Coast Survey, and made contributions to celestial mechanics
, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. Benjamin's son was Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), chemist, logician, mathematician, physicist, and acknowledged as the founder of the pragmatic movement in philosophy.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.'s son is George C. Lodge
(1927–), who is currently the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. Lodge was a top official at the United States Department of Labor, and was a candidate for the United States Senate for Massachusetts, but lost to Edward Kennedy.
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...
and British-American
British American
British Americans are citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in the United Kingdom . The term is seldom used by people to refer to themselves and is used primarily as a demographic or historical research term...
family, prominent in American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
politics
Politics of the United States
The United States is a federal constitutional republic, in which the President of the United States , Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments.The executive branch is headed by the President...
and government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
. Their political involvement has revolved around the Whig Party
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
, Federalist Party
Federalist Party (United States)
The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801...
, and the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
educations have been frequent among them, and most had gone further on to Law School. Some were in clubs at these schools such as the Fox Club
Fox Club
The Fox Club is a traditional Gentlemen's club housed in the former London home of Charles James Fox, a British whig.-External links:** at...
at Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and has one of the founding members of the Skull and Dagger secret society at Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
Continuing with his son, John Davis
John Davis (Massachusetts Governor)
John Davis was an American lawyer, businessman and politician.-Early life:John Davis was born in Northborough, Massachusetts...
(1787–1854), Governor of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, United States Senator of Massachusetts, and United States Representative of Massachusetts. Elizabeth Davis Bliss was John Davis's sister who married George Bancroft
George Bancroft
George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845...
(1800–1891), who was an American historian, statesman, and who as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and was a U.S. Minister to Britain. His father was Aaron Bancroft (1755–1839) who was an American clergyman, pastor, minuteman, and president of the American Unitarian Association
American Unitarian Association
The American Unitarian Association was a religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations in 1825. In 1961, it merged with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Universalist Association.According to Mortimer Rowe, the Secretary...
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Then with Gov. Davis' two sons, John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822–1907), who was an American lawyer and diplomat, serving as the 7th, 9th, and 14th Assistant Secretary of State to the President. He was also the ninth reporter of decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. His brother, Horace Davis
Horace Davis
Horace Davis was a United States Representative from California. He was the son of Massachusetts Governor John Davis and the younger brother of diplomat John Chandler Bancroft Davis.-Biography:...
(1831–1916) was a United States Representative from California, an American author, and president of the University of California, Berkeley.
As well as the great-great-grandsons of The Massachusetts Governor John Davis is John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge , was an American politician, and 79th Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955. He was also an actor and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.-Early life:Lodge was born in Washington, D.C....
(1903–1985), a Governor of Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, an actor, and a U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland. His brother, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, a U.S. ambassador at large, to the United Nations, South Vietnam(twice), West Germany, and a candidate for Vice President of the United States.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, captain and assistant adjutant general on the staff of General James Wilson during the Spanish-American War, chairman of the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions in Congress, and he was colonel in the Adjutant General’s Department, and a United States Infantryman, with rank of major. Their grandfather was Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot "Slim" Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He had the role of Senate Majority leader. He is best known for his positions on Meek policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles...
(1850–1924) who was a United States Senator from Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, United States Representative of Massachusetts, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, historian, Dean of the United States Senate, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and 1st Senator majority leader.
Their great-grandfather was Admiral Charles Henry Davis
Charles Henry Davis
Charles Henry Davis was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, serving primarily during the American Civil War, and with the United States Coast Survey.-Early life and career:...
(1807–1877), he was the Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, and a board member of the Lighthouse Board and the Naval Observatory in his retirement. Their great-great grandfather was Elijah Hunt Mills (1776–1829) was a United States Senior Senator from Massachusetts, and United States Representative of Massachusetts. And their great-great-grandfather was George Cabot
George Cabot
George Cabot was an American merchant, seaman, and politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate and as the Presiding Officer of the Hartford Convention.-Early life:...
(1752–1823), was an American merchant, seaman, he was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, the Presiding Officer of the Hartford Convention, he was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775, a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1777, a delegate to the state convention that adopted the United States Constitution in 1787, he was elected (as "Pro-Administration") to the United States Senate (1791–1796), and when he resigned he was appointed to but declined to be the first United States Secretary of the Navy in 1798.
Unrelated to the political careers in this family, John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge , was an American politician, and 79th Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955. He was also an actor and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.-Early life:Lodge was born in Washington, D.C....
and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.'s father was the famous American poet, George Cabot Lodge
George Cabot Lodge
George Cabot "Bay" Lodge , was an American poet of the late 19th and early-20th century.-Early life:Lodge was born in in Boston. His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, a politician. His mother was Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge...
(1873–1909) who was married to Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge. Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot "Slim" Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He had the role of Senate Majority leader. He is best known for his positions on Meek policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles...
's wife was Anna Cabot Mills Davis, whose maternal aunt was married to Benjamin Peirce
Benjamin Peirce
Benjamin Peirce was an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics....
(1809–1880), an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for forty years, instrumental in the development of Harvard's science curriculum, director of the U.S. Coast Survey, and made contributions to celestial mechanics
Celestial mechanics
Celestial mechanics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the motions of celestial objects. The field applies principles of physics, historically classical mechanics, to astronomical objects such as stars and planets to produce ephemeris data. Orbital mechanics is a subfield which focuses on...
, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. Benjamin's son was Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), chemist, logician, mathematician, physicist, and acknowledged as the founder of the pragmatic movement in philosophy.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.'s son is George C. Lodge
George C. Lodge
George Cabot Lodge II is an American professor and former politician.-Early life:His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations and South Vietnam, and 1960 vice presidential candidate for Richard Nixon against John F. Kennedy-Lyndon B....
(1927–), who is currently the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. Lodge was a top official at the United States Department of Labor, and was a candidate for the United States Senate for Massachusetts, but lost to Edward Kennedy.
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- Lodge Committee
- A species of sea anemoneSea anemoneSea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria; they are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Zoantharia. Anthozoa often have large polyps that allow for digestion of larger...
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and Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, the Rhodactis davisii, is named for Davis. - Davis (DD-65)USS Davis (DD-65)USS Davis was a Sampson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second Navy ship named for Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis . She served with the United States Coast Guard as '....
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- Davis (TB-12)
- The Peirce CraterPeirce (crater)Peirce is a small lunar crater, named in honor of the mathematician Benjamin Peirce, which lies in the western part of Mare Crisium. That dark, circular lunar mare is located in the east-northeasterly part of the Moon's near side. Peirce lies to the north of the craters Yerkes and Picard, and...
Cemeteries of Burials
- Mount Auburn CemeteryMount Auburn CemeteryMount Auburn Cemetery was founded in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery", or the first "rural cemetery", with classical monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain...
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- Cypress Lawn Cemetery
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