Davis Carpenter
{{Short description|American politician (1799–1878)}}
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| name=Davis Carpenter
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| state=New York
| district=29th
| term=November 8, 1853 - March 3, 1855
| preceded=Azariah Boody
| succeeded=John Williams
| birth_date=December 25, 1799
| birth_place=Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
| death_date={{death date and age|1878|10|22|1799|12|25}}
| death_place=Brockport, New York, USA
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| party=Whig
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Davis Carpenter (December 25, 1799 – October 22, 1878) was a United States representative from New York.
Carpenter was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, on December 25, 1799, where he studied medicine. He graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1824, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Brockport, New York.
Carpenter was elected as a Whig to the 33rd United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Azariah Boody and served from November 8, 1853, to March 3, 1855. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the 34th United States Congress. He engaged in the practice of medicine in Brockport, New York, where he died there October 22, 1878, and is interred in High Street Cemetery.
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Category:People from Walpole, New Hampshire
Category:Middlebury College alumni
Category:Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:People from Brockport, New York
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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