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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaRobert Wyche DAVIS
(1849-1929)
DAVIS, Robert Wyche, a
Representative from Florida; born near Albany, Lee County, Ga.,
March 15, 1849; attended the common schools; enlisted in 1863 in
the Fifth Georgia Regiment of the Confederate Army, and served
until the surrender of his company on April 26, 1865; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Blakeley,
Ga.; moved to Florida in 1879 and practiced in Green Cove Springs,
Clay County, then in Gainesville, Alachua County, and afterward in
Palatka, Putnam County; member of the State house of
representatives from Clay County in 1884 and 1885, serving as
speaker the latter year; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth
and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3,
1905); was not a candidate for renomination in 1904 to the
Fifty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Palatka, and
Tampa, Fla.; moved to Gainesville, Fla., in 1914 and served as
register of the United States land office at Gainesville 1914-1922;
editor of the Gainesville Sun; served as mayor of Gainesville in
1924 and 1925; resumed the practice of law in 1928; died in
Gainesville, Fla., September 15, 1929; interment in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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