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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MaineThomas DAVEE
(1797-1841)
DAVEE, Thomas, a
Representative from Maine; born in Plymouth, Mass., December 9,
1797; attended the common schools; moved to Maine, where he engaged
in mercantile pursuits; member of the State house of
representatives in 1826 and 1827; served in the State senate
1830-1832; high sheriff of Somerset County in 1835; postmaster of
Blanchard from November 6, 1833, to March 24, 1837; elected as a
Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4,
1837-March 3, 1841); was not a candidate for renomination in 1840;
resumed mercantile pursuits; again a member of the State senate in
1841 and served until his death in Blanchard, Piscataquis County,
Maine, December 9, 1841; interment in the Village Cemetery, Monson,
Maine.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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