Thomas Davenport | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th district | |
In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1835 | |
Preceded by | George Tucker |
Succeeded by | Walter Coles |
Chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures | |
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | |
Preceded by | Thomas H. Hall |
Succeeded by | Sherman Page |
Personal details | |
Born | birth date unknown Halifax County, Virginia |
Died | November 17, 1838 Meadville, Halifax County, Virginia |
Political party | Anti-Jacksonian (after 1825) |
Other political affiliations | Jacksonian (before 1825) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Virginia state militia |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Thomas Davenport (died November 17, 1838) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Biography
[edit]Born in Halifax County, Virginia, where his parents were living by 1783, Davenport completed preparatory studies and received a license to operate as a merchant in Meadville, Virginia. He was a captain in the county militia during the War of 1812.
Davenport was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth through the Twenty-second Congresses and elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1835). He chaired the Committee on Public Expenditures (Twenty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He died near Meadville, on November 17, 1838.
Elections
[edit]- 1825; Davenport was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives unopposed.
- 1827; Davenport was re-elected unopposed.
- 1829; Davenport was re-elected unopposed.
- 1831; Davenport was re-elected unopposed.
- 1833; Davenport was re-elected with 51.04% of the vote, defeating Independents Benjamin W.S. Cabell and Oden G. Clay.
- 1835; Davenport lost his bid for re-election.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Thomas Davenport (id: D000079)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Obituary with death date in Lynchburg Virginian, November 19, 1838.