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John Davis was an English navigator. He was born in 1550 and died in 1605. He searched for a north-west passage, and discovered the Falkland Islands in 1592. He was killed by Pirates near Singapore in 1605.
John Davis was an American statesman. He was born in 1787 and died in 1854. He was a National Republican Congressman from 1825 until 1834, when he became Governor of Massachusetts. From 1835 to 1840 he was a US Senator, and opposed the administrations of Jackson and Van Buren. After again serving as Governor from 1840 until 1841, he was returned to the Senate from 1845 until 1853. He opposed the Mexican War and the introduction and extension of slavery, and received the appellation of 'Honest John Davis'.
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