Cushman K. Davis
United States Senator fromMinnesota
In office March 4, 1887 – November 27, 1900
Preceded by	Samuel J. R. McMillan
Succeeded by	Charles A. Towne
7th Governor of Minnesota
In office January 7, 1874 – January 7, 1876
Lieutenant	Alphonso Barto
Preceded by	Horace Austin
Succeeded by	John S. Pillsbury
Member of theMinnesota House of Representatives
In office 1867–1868
Personal details
Born	Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-06-16)June 16, 1838 Henderson, New York, U.S.
Died	November 27, 1900(1900-11-27) (aged 62) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Laura Bowman (1st), Anna Malcom Agnew Fox (2nd)
Parent	Horatio N. Davis (father)
Alma mater	Carroll College University of Michigan
Signature
Military service
Branch/service	Union Army
Years of service	1861–1864
Rank	First Lieutenant
Unit	28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838 – November 27, 1900) was an AmericanRepublican politician who served as theseventh Governor of Minnesota and as aU.S. Senator from Minnesota.

Davis was born inHenderson, New York toHoratio N. Davis and Clarissa Cushman.^[1] His family moved toWisconsin Territory before he was a year old (his father went on to serve as a member of theWisconsin State Senate several different times). Cushman went to school atCarroll College and then theUniversity of Michigan, graduating in 1857.Admitted to the bar in 1860, he soon after found himself serving in theAmerican Civil War in the28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, serving first as a lieutenant in charge of Company B of this volunteer regiment. He was in action in thewestern campaigns, then in 1864 as an aide to GeneralWillis A. Gorman.^[2][3]

Davis returned home in 1864 due to poor health. He relocated toSt. Paul, Minnesota due to its reputation as a health resort and began to pursue a legal and political career. He was elected to theMinnesota State House of Representatives from 1867 to 1868 and was appointed as the United States District Attorney from 1868 to 1873. He resigned his position to run as the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor and won. During his term, he established a state board of railway commissioners, revised the state constitution to allow women to vote on school matters and hold elected office, and also provided assistance to farmers affected by alocust plague. He served one term from 1874 to 1876 and declined to be re-nominated for a second.^[3][4][5]

Returning to his legal career, Davis successfully defended Judge Sherman Page in his 1878 impeachment trial. He also formed a partnership withFrank B. Kellogg andCordenio Severance. In 1887, he was elected to the United States Senate. He would serve in the50th,51st,52nd,53rd,54th,55th, and56th United States Congresses, from 1887 to 1900. He was involved with legislation related to pensions and the construction of theSoo Locks. Beginning in 1897 he was the chair of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee and was closely involved with the sequence of events leading to theSpanish–American War. He was also present at the talks for theTreaty of Paris which ended the war.^[2][3]

Davis married Laura Bowman in 1862. He remarried Anna Malcom Agnew Fox at some point in the 1880s.^[4]

Davis was elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Society in 1894.^[6] He was elected a vice-president general of the National Society of theSons of the American Revolution in 1895.

Davis died while still in office in St. Paul on November 27, 1900.^[1] He is buried atArlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

Attribution:

• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911)."Davis, Cushman Kellogg" .Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 866.

• Kreuter, Kent; Kreuter, Gretchen (Fall 1969)."The Presidency or Nothing: Cushman K. Davis and the Campaign of 1896"(PDF).Minnesota History.41 (7):301–316.JSTOR 20178039.

• United States Congress."Cushman K. Davis (id: D000095)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Memorial addresses on the life and character of Cushman Kellogg Davis, late a representative from Minnesota delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1901

• 1838 births
• 1900 deaths
• People from Henderson, New York
• Republican Party governors of Minnesota
• Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
• University of Michigan alumni
• 19th-century American Episcopalians
• Carroll University alumni
• Republican Party United States senators from Minnesota
• Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• 19th-century United States senators
• 19th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature

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