Frederick Morgan Davenport

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Frederick Morgan Davenport

Frederick Morgan Davenport (born August 27, 1866 in Salem , Massachusetts , † December 26, 1956 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician , sociologist and revival researcher. He was a professor of sociology at Hamilton College in Clinton , Oneida County , New York . His main work deals with revival movements , especially the revivals in America.

From 1909 to 1911 and from 1919 to 1925 he was State Senator in New York ; In 1914 he ran unsuccessfully for governor . From 1925 to 1933 he represented the 33rd constituency of New York State in the US House of Representatives as a Republican . After failed re-election, he became President of the National Institute of Public Affairs in Washington, which he remained until 1949.

Works

  • Primitive traits in religious revivals; a study in mental and social evolution . New York, Negro Universities Press [1968, c1905]. Thesis - Columbia University ( digitized , 1917)

literature

  • Frank M. Teti: Profile of a progressive: the life of Frederick Morgan Davenport. New York, NY, Syracuse Univ., Diss., 1966; Secondary edition: [Microfilm-Ausg.] Published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms Int., [Approx. 1967]

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predecessor Office successor
Homer P. Snyder United States House Representative for New York (33rd constituency)
March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1933 		Fred Sisson
personal data
SURNAME Davenport, Frederick Morgan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Salem , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1956
Place of death Washington, DC