Thomas Terry Davis
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Thomas Terry Davis, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Kentucky, birth date unknown; studied law; admitted to the Kentucky bar, 1789; lawyer, private practice; deputy attorney, Kentucky; first prosecuting attorney for district, Kentucky; member of the Kentucky state house of representatives, 1795-1797; elected as a Republican to the Fifth and to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1797-March 3, 1803); appointed United States judge of Indiana Territory, February 8, 1803; chancellor of Indiana Territory, 1806-1807; died on November 15, 1807, in Jeffersonville, Ind.
He represented Daviess County in Congress.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. On-line Courtesy of the Daviess County Bicentennial Committee