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Henry G. Davis

The Civil Rights Act of 1875

(November 16, 1823 — March 11, 1916) Davis was a farmer, railroad conductor, businessman, and politician. Henry Davis as born in Maryland and moved to West Virginia in 1858. While in West Virginia, he pursued interests in railroad building and lumber. He also served in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1865, and in the State Senate from 1868 to 1870. Davis was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-Second Congress, and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1883. After his service in Congress, he resumed business interests in banking and coal mining until his death in 1916. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000103]

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