Robert T. Davis

Robert Thompson Davis (born August 28, 1823 in County Down , United Kingdom , † October 29, 1906 in Fall River , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1889 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Davis came to the United States from his Irish homeland as early as 1826 , where the family settled in Amesbury (Massachusetts). He attended Amesbury Academy and the Friends' School in Providence ( Rhode Iceland ). After a subsequent medical degree at Harvard University and his license as a doctor in 1847, he began to work in this profession, first in Boston and then in Waterville ( Maine ). In 1850 he moved to Fall River. He also began a political career in his new home. In 1853 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Massachusetts Constitution . He later became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . Davis was a member of the Massachusetts Senate between 1859 and 1861 . In the years 1860, 1876 and 1900 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions at which Abraham Lincoln , Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley were nominated as presidential candidates. In 1863 he became a member of the then newly created welfare committee of his state. After the establishment of the Health Committee in 1869, he was also a member. He was also elected Mayor of Fall River in 1873.

In the 1882 congressional election , Davis was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded William W. Crapo on March 4, 1883 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1889 . In 1888 Davis declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as a doctor in Fall River. He also worked in cotton processing. Robert Davis died in Fall River on October 29, 1906.

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SURNAME	Davis, Robert T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Davis, Robert Thompson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	County Down , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH	October 29, 1906
Place of death	Fall River , Massachusetts