Henry Winter Davis

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American politician human member of the United States House of Representatives

Henry Winter Davis was a prominent 19th-century American politician and congressman from Maryland known for his strong anti-slavery stance and leadership within the Radical Republican faction during the Civil War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → human → member of the United States House of Representatives →
burialPlace	Green Mount Cemetery →
coAuthor	Benjamin Wade →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1817-08-16 →
dateOfDeath	1865-12-30 →
educatedAt	Kenyon College → Lexington Law School → University of Virginia →
ethnicGroup	White American →
familyName	Davis →
fieldOfWork	law → politics →
givenName	Henry →
ideology	Radical Republicanism → abolitionism →
knownFor	leadership within the Radical Republican faction during the American Civil War → strong anti-slavery stance →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Know Nothing party → Republican Party (United States) → Whig Party →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	Wade–Davis Bill →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
opposedTo	President Abraham Lincoln's lenient Reconstruction policies →
participantIn	American Civil War (political activity) →
partOf	Radical Republicans →
placeOfBirth	Annapolis, Maryland →
placeOfDeath	Baltimore, Maryland →
positionHeld	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland → United States representative →
religion	Episcopalianism →
representedDistrict	Maryland's 3rd congressional district → Maryland's 4th congressional district →
residence	Baltimore, Maryland →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	Henry Winter Davis signature →
spouse	Nancy Morris →
stateOfOrigin	Maryland →
supported	congressional control over Reconstruction →
termEnd	1861 → 1865 →
termStart	1855 → 1863 →
workLocation	Maryland →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Radical Republicanism →	hasNotableMember