Nicholas Davis Jr. | |
Term Start: | April 29, 1861 |
Term End: | February 17, 1862 |
Successor: | Constituency abolished |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1825 |
Birth Place: | Athens, Alabama, US |
Death Place: | Huntsville, Alabama, US |
Resting Place: | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama |
Nicholas Davis Jr. (January 14, 1825 – November 3, 1875) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from April 1861 to February 1862.[1]
Nicholas Davis Jr. was born in Limestone County, Alabama, and served in the legislature in 1851. He was elected to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States to replace David P. Lewis and served in that capacity from April 1861 to February 1862.
He was unsuccessful in organizing his own regiment during the American Civil War and served as lieutenant colonel of the 19th Regiment Alabama Infantry instead.[2]