Robert Wyche Davis

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Robert Wyche Davis

Robert Wyche Davis (born March 15, 1849 in Albany , Georgia , †  September 15, 1929 in Gainesville , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1905 he represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Davis attended public schools in his home country. Between 1863 and 1865 he took part in the civil war as a soldier in the Confederate Army . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1869, he began to work in Blakely in this profession. In 1879, Davis relocated his residence and legal practice to Green Cove Springs , Florida. He later practiced in Gainesville and Palatka . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Davis served as an MP in the Florida House of Representatives in 1884 and 1885, serving as President of the House in 1885 . In the congressional elections of 1896 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Florida , where he succeeded Charles Merian Cooper on March 4, 1897 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1905 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . At that time the Philippines and Hawaii came under American administration.

In 1904 Davis renounced another congressional candidacy. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer in Palatka and Tampa . In 1914 he moved to Gainesville, where he worked for the General Land Office until 1922 . He also published the Gainesville Sun newspaper at the time. In 1924 and 1925, Robert Davis served as mayor of Gainesville; after that he worked again as a lawyer. He died in Gainesville on September 15, 1929.

Web links

  • Robert Wyche Davis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)