Claim: Henry Winter Davis was a former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th and 3rd districts(1855-65) who was born in Annapolis, Maryland on August 16,1817
Evidence: Henry Winter Davis (August 16, 1817 – December 30, 1865) was a United States Representative from the 4th and 3rd congressional districts of Maryland, well known as one of the Radical Republicans during the Civil War. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 3rd district (1817-08-16)August 16, 1817
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. After the Whig Party disintegrated, he became a Know Nothing, and served as a member of the Know Nothing–influenced American Party in the House of Representatives from 1855 to 1861. Whig (before 1855)
Know Nothing (1855–61)
Republican (1861–63)
Unconditional Union (1863–65)