Henry Winter Davis

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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 movement
surface form: Know Nothing party

Republican Party
surface form: 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
surface form: American Civil War (political activity)
partOf Radical Republicanism
surface form: Radical Republicans
placeOfBirth Annapolis
surface form: Annapolis, Maryland
placeOfDeath Baltimore
surface form: 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
surface form: 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

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Radical Republicanism hasNotableMember Henry Winter Davis
Wade–Davis Bill namedAfter Henry Winter Davis
Wade–Davis Bill coSponsoredBy Henry Winter Davis
Lexington Law School associatedWith Henry Winter Davis
Lexington Law School notablePersonAssociated Henry Winter Davis
Nancy Morris spouse Henry Winter Davis