Robert Thompson Davis | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | William W. Crapo |
| Succeeded by | Charles S. Randall |
| 8th Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1873–1874 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel M. Brown |
| Succeeded by | James F. Davenport |
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| Born | August 28, 1823 County Down, Ireland |
| Died | October 29, 1906 (aged 83) Fall River, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouses | Sarah C. Wilbur
(m. 1848; died 1856)Susan A. Haight (m. 1862) |
| Alma mater | Harvard Medical School |
| Profession | Physician |
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Robert Thompson Davis (August 28, 1823 – October 29, 1906) was an American physician and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and served as Mayor of Fall River from 1873 to 1874.
Biography[edit]
Robert T. Davis was born in County Down, Ireland on August 28, 1823. His family emigrated to the United States when he was three years old.[1]
He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1848, and practiced medicine in Waterville, Maine for three years, before moving to Fall River, Massachusetts.[1]
He married Sarah C. Wilbur in 1848. She died in 1856, and he remarried to Susan A. Haight in 1862. They had one child.[1]
Davis died at his home in Fall River on October 29, 1906.[2] He is interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. pp. 379–380. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dr. R. T. Davis Dead". Fall River Daily Globe. October 30, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- United States Congress. "Robert T. Davis (id: D000130)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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