Horatio N. Davis

{{short description|19th century American politician}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name = Horatio N. Davis

|image = Horatio N. Davis.png

|caption = Portrait from the United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume (1877)

|order = 13th & 15th

|title = Mayor of Beloit, Wisconsin

| term_start = April 1875

| term_end = April 1876

| predecessor = David S. Foster

| successor = Charles F. G. Collins

| term_start1 = April 1872

| term_end1 = April 1874

| predecessor1 = David S. Foster

| successor1 = David S. Foster

|state2 = Wisconsin

|state_senate2 = Wisconsin

|district2 = 17th

| term_start2 = January 1873

| term_end2 = January 1877

| predecessor2 = Charles G. Williams

| successor2 = Hamilton Richardson

|party = Republican

|birth_date = {{birth date|1812|6|17}}

|birth_place = Henderson, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1907|2|15|1812|6|17}}

|death_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

|restingplace = Prairie Home Cemetery, {{nowrap|Waukesha, Wisconsin}}

|spouse = Clarissa F. Cushman {{nowrap|(died 1903)}}

|children = {{unbulleted list

| Cushman Kellogg Davis

| {{sup|(b. 1838; died 1900)}}

| Janet (Tripp)

| {{sup|(b. 1846; died 1934)}}

}}

|allegiance = United States

|branch = United States Volunteers
Union Army

|rank = {{unbulleted list

| Captain (Commissary)

| Brevet Major, USV

}}

|serviceyears = 1863–1866

|battles = American Civil War

}}

Horatio Nelson Davis (June 17, 1812{{spaced ndash}}February 15, 1907) was an American banker, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 13th and 15th mayor of Beloit, Wisconsin, and represented Rock County in the Wisconsin State Senate for four years. He was the father of Cushman Kellogg Davis, who served as a U.S. senator and Governor of Minnesota.