约翰·韦斯利·戴维斯，国会，IN (1799-1859)

戴维斯、约翰·卫斯理，来自印第安纳州的众议员;出生于宾夕法尼亚州兰开斯特县的新荷兰。， 1799年4月16日;搬到了宾夕法尼亚州坎伯兰县。他的父母定居在希彭斯堡附近;预备研究完成;学医;1821年毕业于巴尔的摩医学院;1823年搬到印第安那州卡莱尔行医;1829-1831年沙利文县的代理人;1831-1833年担任州众议院议员，1831年担任众议院议长; commissioner to negotiate an Indian treaty in 1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1836 because of ill health; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; again a member of the State house of representatives 1841-1843 and served as speaker in 1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-eighth Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twenty-ninth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1846; appointed by President Polk United States Commissioner to China and served from 1848 to 1851, when his successor was appointed; member of the State house of representatives in 1851, 1852, and again in 1857; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852; appointed by President Pierce as Governor of Oregon Territory and served in 1853 and 1854; member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1858; died in Carlisle, Sullivan County, Ind., August 22, 1859; interment in the City Cemetery.

资料来源:《美国国会传记名录》，1771年至今