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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaRobert Hamilton McWhorta DAVIDSON
(1832-1908)
DAVIDSON, Robert Hamilton
McWhorta, a Representative from Florida; born near Quincy,
Gadsden County, Fla., September 23, 1832; attended the common
schools and the Quincy Academy in Quincy, Fla.; studied law at the
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; was admitted to the
bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Quincy, Fla.; member of the
State house of representatives 1856-1859; served in the State
senate 1860-1862; retired from the State senate in 1862 and served
during the Civil War in the Confederate Army as captain of Infantry
and later with rank of lieutenant colonel; member of the State
constitutional convention in 1865; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1877-March 3, 1891); chairman, Committee on Railways and Canals
(Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate
for renomination in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; member of
the State railroad commission in 1897 and 1898; engaged in the
practice of his profession until his death in Quincy, Fla., January
18, 1908; interment in Western Cemetery.
Bibliography
Ivey, Donald J. “The Life and Times of Robert Hamilton
McWhorter Davidson (A.D. 1832 - 1908): A Chronological
Biography.” Privately printed, 1997.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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