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Henry Winter Davis
Henry Winter Davis

Henry Winter Davis

American politician
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Henry Winter Davis (born Aug. 16, 1817, Annapolis, Md., U.S.—died Dec. 30, 1865, Baltimore, Md.) was a Maryland unionist during the secession crisis, harsh critic of Abraham Lincoln, and coauthor of the congressional plan for Reconstruction during the American Civil War. Davis graduated from Kenyon College and studied law at the University of Virginia. He began his practice in 1840 in Alexandria, Va., but moved to Baltimore in 1849. Intent upon a political career, Davis...

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