David Davis

Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
From: October 17, 1862 – March 4, 1877
Nominator | Abraham Lincoln
Predecessor | John A. Campbell
Successor | John Harlan I
U.S. Senator from Illinois
From: March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
Predecessor | John A. Logan
Successor | Shelby M. Cullom
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Party  | Republican
Independent

Religion  | No affiliation

David Davis (March 9, 1815 – June 26, 1886) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a senator from Illinois. He was appointed to the Court after campaigning for Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860. There, his most famous work was the Court's majority opinion in Ex parte Milligan \- where David condemned Lincoln's establishment of military jurisdiction over civilians in peaceful areas.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ David Davis (English). law.jrank.

The U.S. Supreme Court

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney's Court (1836–1864)
| 1836–1837  |  Joseph Story | Smith Thompson | John McLean | Henry Baldwin | James M. Wayne | Philip P. Barbour

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1837–1838  |  Joseph Story | Smith Thompson | John McLean | Henry Baldwin | James M. Wayne | Philip P. Barbour | John Catron
1838–1841  |  Joseph Story | Smith Thompson | John McLean | Henry Baldwin | James M. Wayne | Philip P. Barbour | John Catron | John McKinley
1842–1843  |  Joseph Story | Smith Thompson | John McLean | Henry Baldwin | James M. Wayne | John Catron | John McKinley | Peter V. Daniel
1843–1844  |  Joseph Story | John McLean | Henry Baldwin | James M. Wayne | John Catron | John McKinley | Peter V. Daniel
1845–1846  |  John McLean | James M. Wayne | John Catron | John McKinley | Peter V. Daniel | Samuel Nelson | Levi Woodbury
1846–1851  |  John McLean | James M. Wayne | John Catron | John McKinley | Peter V. Daniel | Samuel Nelson | Levi Woodbury | Robert C. Grier
1851–1852  |  John McLean | James M. Wayne | John Catron | John McKinley | Peter V. Daniel | Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | Benjamin R. Curtis
1853–1857  |  John McLean | James M. Wayne | John Catron | Peter V. Daniel | Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | Benjamin R. Curtis | John A. Campbell
1858–1860  |  John McLean | James M. Wayne | John Catron | Peter V. Daniel | Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | John A. Campbell | Nathan Clifford
1860–1861  |  John McLean | James M. Wayne | John Catron | Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | John A. Campbell | Nathan Clifford
1862–1863  |  James M. Wayne | John Catron | Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | David Davis
1863–1864  |  James M. Wayne | John Catron | Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | David Davis | Stephen Johnson Field

Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase's Court (1864–1873)
| 1864–1865  |  James M. Wayne | John Catron | Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | David Davis | Stephen Johnson Field

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1865–1867  |  James M. Wayne | Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | David Davis | Stephen Johnson Field
1867–1870  |  Samuel Nelson | Robert C. Grier | Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | David Davis | Stephen Johnson Field
1870–1872  |  Samuel Nelson | Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | David Davis | Stephen Johnson Field | William Strong | Joseph P. Bradley
1873  |  Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | David Davis | Stephen Johnson Field | William Strong | Joseph P. Bradley | Ward Hunt

Chief Justice Morrison Waite's Court (1874–1888)
| 1874–1877  |  Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | David Davis | Stephen Johnson Field | William Strong | Joseph P. Bradley | Ward Hunt

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1877–1880  |  Nathan Clifford | Noah H. Swayne | Samuel F. Miller | Stephen Johnson Field | William Strong | Joseph P. Bradley | Ward Hunt | John Harlan I
1881  |  Nathan Clifford | Samuel F. Miller | Stephen Johnson Field | Joseph P. Bradley | Ward Hunt | John Harlan I | William B. Woods | Stanley Matthews
1882–1887  |  Samuel F. Miller | Stephen Johnson Field | Joseph P. Bradley | John Harlan I | William B. Woods | Stanley Matthews | Horace Gray | Samuel Blatchford
1888  |  Samuel F. Miller | Stephen Johnson Field | Joseph P. Bradley | John Harlan I | Stanley Matthews | Horace Gray | Samuel Blatchford | Lucius Q.C. Lamar II