Richard David Davis (1799 – June 17, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1841 to 1845.
Born at Stillwater, New York, Davis graduated from Yale College in 1818.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-eighth Congress).
He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Waterford, New York, where he died on June 17, 1871.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress