The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-27
TO CuSflIlaD Kellogg Davis
BY HENRY A. CAS- TIE.

Cushman kellogg Davis was born at
Henderson, Jefferson county, N Y, June
10, 1888, and died senator of the United
States at his home in ST. Paul, MIMI
Nov. u, 1900, after a lingering illness of
more than two months. On his maternal
side he was a direct descendant of Mary
Allefton, the last survivor of the pasSen-
gers in the Mayfiower. and his paternaI
ancestry was of Puritan as well as Rev
oiutionary stock.
When he was two months old his par
ents moved to the neighborhood of Wau-
kesha, Wis, where his father engaged
in the pursuit of farming for fifteen years,
including the period Of Cushman's boy
hood and early youth. His education was
acquired in the district school, in Carroll
college, Wisconsin, and in the University
of Michigan, from which institution he
graduated in 1857. He studied the profess
sion of law, became a member of the
Nv aukesha bar in 1859, and continued in
the active practice of his profession until
1862, when he entered the military SER
vice of the United States as a volunteer
in the war for the suppression of the Re-
'bellion.
The official records of the war DEPART
ment give his statement of military SER
vice as follows:
Cushman K. Davis was mustered as first
lieutenant with company B. Twenty
eighth Wisconsin infantry, Oct IA, 1862,
but under the provisions of Act of Con-
egress approved June 8, 1884, he is consid-
cred by the war department as commits
stoned to the grade of first lieutenant
to take. effect Sept. 1, 1862, to fill an origi-
nal vacancy. He is reported on the mus
ter rolls of his company Oct 81, 1862, and
Dec. 81, 1852, present" Feb. 49, 1863
absent on detached service since Jan
| IL, 1853, on Brig. Gen. Germans staff :"
April u, 1863, to Aug. I, 1863, inclusive
on detached service, aid to Gen. Cor
| nan Since Jan. II, 1861 Oct 81, 1863 de
tailed on court martial, Little Rock,
Ark Dec. 81, 1863, and Feb. 90, 1864
absent on sick leave since Dec g 1863,
by special order No. 100, of Maj Gen
Steele The regimental return for Sept
1868, reports him present; joined regi-
ment Sept. II, 1858, acting adiutant since
Sept. q, 1863" The returns of the, dis
tr1ct OF Eastern Arkansas and the post
of Helena show Lieut.. Davis as aide de
camp and acting adjutant general on
the staff of Gen. w A. German COM
mandjng, from Jan. 1 to May 3d. 1863
Subsequent returns do not show the
names of Gen. Germans staff officers
Lieut. Davis rendered his resignation
Feb. B. 1864, on account of physical dis
ability, and he was honorably discharg-
ed in special orders No. los, paragraph
81. from the war department, dated
March 4, 1864.
In 1865 he removed to ST.. Paul, Mimi
and began the practice of law, soon en-
tering into partnership with his former
chief, Gen. w. A. German, ex-governor
of the territory of Minnesota, and a
prominent lawyer and politician. Mr..
Davis success at the bar was pronounced
and immediate. He soon became noted
as an able lawyer in many different
branches of the profession and secured a
lucrative practice. He was a member of
the legislature of the state of Minnesota
/ in 1851 United States district attorney for
Minnesota from 1868 until 1873; governor
of the state in 1S74-75. and one of the re-
gents of the state university from 1882 to
| 1888. In the year 1881 he was elected
United States senator, and reelected in
1893 and 1889.
Senator Davis was mustered into the
Grand Army of the Republic as a mem
Der of Aeker Post No. 81, department of
Minnesota, May Z, 1872, the writer, then