Roger Davis (Pennsylvania politician)
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Roger Davis | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
In office March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815 | |
Preceded by | Robert Jenkins Matthias Richards Daniel Hiester |
Succeeded by | William Darlington John Hahn |
Constituency | 3rd district (1811–1813) 2nd district (1813–1815) |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1809-1811 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Charlestown Village, Province of Pennsylvania, British America | October 2, 1762
Died | November 20, 1815 Charlestown Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 53)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Roger Davis (October 2, 1762 – November 20, 1815) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Roger Davis was born in Charlestown Village in the Province of Pennsylvania. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice about 1785 in Charlestown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1809 to 1811.
Davis was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses. He resumed the practice of medicine in Charlestown, where he died in 1815, and was interred in Great Valley Presbyterian Churchyard.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Roger Davis (id: D000133)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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