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JOHN CHANDLER BANCROFT DAVIS
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served for six months, when he was again appointed judge of the court of claims. In November, 1883, he became reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States, which position he has held continuously since that time. For several years he was the American correspondent of the London "Times"; and he has written various articles for foreign reviews. Besides many volumes of Supreme Court Reports he has written "The Case of the United States Before the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva"; "Treaties of the United States, With Notes," and "Mr. Fish and the Alabama Claims."

He was married to Frederica Gore King, a granddaughter of one of the framers of the Constitution of the United States, November 19, 1857. The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him in 1887, by Columbia college.