Robert C. Davey

Robert C. Davey

Robert Charles Davey (born October 22, 1853 in New Orleans , Louisiana , †  December 26, 1908 ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1908 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Robert Davey attended the common schools and then the St. Vincent's College in Cape Girardeau ( Missouri ). After that he became active in the trade. At the same time, Davey began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was elected to the Louisiana Senate in 1879, 1884, and 1892 . During the legislative period from 1884 to 1886 he was its acting president. From 1880 to 1888 he was a judge in New Orleans. In 1888 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Mayor of New Orleans.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Davey was the second electoral district of in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeds on 4 March 1893 Matthew D. Lagan took. Since he renounced a candidacy in 1894, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1895 . Charles F. Buck represented his district in the House of Representatives for the next two years .

In the 1896 election , Davey was re-elected to Congress for the Second District of Louisiana. There he took over his former seat from Buck on March 4, 1897. After he was confirmed in all subsequent elections, he was able to exercise his mandate until his death on December 26, 1908. He was even re-elected in the 1908 congressional elections for the legislative period beginning March 4, 1909. But because of his death, he could no longer compete. After a by-election, his mandate fell to Samuel Louis Gilmore . During Davey's tenure in the US House of Representatives, the Spanish-American War took place. At that time the Philippines and the Kingdom of Hawaii came under American administration.

Web links

• Robert C. Davey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert C. Davey in the database of Find a Grave (English)