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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsRobert Thompson DAVIS
(1823-1906)
DAVIS, Robert Thompson, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in County Down, Ireland,
August 28, 1823; immigrated to the United States with his parents,
who settled in Amesbury, Essex County, Mass., in 1826; attended the
Amesbury Academy and the Friends’ School in Providence, R.I.;
was graduated from the medical department of Harvard University in
1847; dispensary physician in Boston; practiced medicine in
Waterville, Maine; moved to Fall River, Mass., in 1850; member of
the State constitutional convention in 1853; served in the State
senate 1859-1861; delegate to the Republican National Conventions
in 1860, 1876, and 1900; member of the State board of charities
when organized in 1863; appointed a member of the State board of
health upon its organization in 1869; mayor of Fall River in 1873;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and
Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1889); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed the practice of
medicine at Fall River and also engaged in the cotton manufacturing
industry; died at Fall River, Mass., October 29, 1906; interment in
Oak Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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