Davis Carpenter (December 25, 1799 – October 22, 1878) was a

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. Carpenter was born in Walpole,

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, on December 25, 1799, where he studied medicine. He graduated from

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, in 1824, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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. Carpenter was elected as a Whig to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Azariah Boody and served from November 8, 1853, to March 3, 1855. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the

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. He engaged in the practice of medicine in Brockport, New York, where he died there October 22, 1878, and is interred in High Street Cemetery.

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