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Roy T. Davis


6th United States Ambassador to Haiti
In office September 23, 1953 – March 9, 1957
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Howard Karl Travers
Succeeded by	Gerald A. Drew
Member of the Maryland Senate from the Montgomery County district
In office 1947–1951
10th United States Minister to Panama
In office March 14, 1930 – September 20, 1933
President	Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	John Glover South
Succeeded by	Antonio Cornelius Gonzalez
United States Minister to Costa Rica
In office March 14, 1922 – January 4, 1930
President	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover
Preceded by	Walter C. Thurston (Acting) Edward J. Hale
Succeeded by	Charles C. Eberhardt

Personal details
Born	(1889-06-04)June 4, 1889 Ewing, Missouri
Died	December 27, 1975(1975-12-27) (aged 86) Silver Spring, Maryland
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Brown University

Roy Tasco Davis (June 4, 1889 – December 27, 1975) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to Costa Rica, Haiti, Panama.

Born in Ewing, Missouri, on June 4, 1889, Davis received his education from the public schools of Missouri, and from Brown University, from which he graduated in 1910.

Nominated by President Warren G. Harding on February 7, 1922, to become minister to Costa Rica, he served in that position from 1922 to 1930.

After service abroad, Davis served as a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1947 to 1951.

He later served as ambassador to Haiti during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Roy Tasco Davis died on December 27, 1975, in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 86.

References

"Maryland Manual, 1948-1949" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
"Roy Tasco Davis - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
Manual, State of Maryland. Hall of Records Commission. 1948. p. 146.
"NAMES 3 ENVOYS TO 'ENEMY' NATIONS; President Nominates Houghton of New York for Ambassador to Germany.WASHBURN FOR AUSTRIABrentano Chosen for Hungary, andPosts in Portugal and Costa Rica Filled". The New York Times. 1922-02-08. p. 14. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
"Tawes Appoints Nine To Higher Education Unit". The Evening Sun. 1954-07-03. p. 22. Retrieved 2018-07-19 – via Newspapers.com.
State, United States. Dept. of; Administration, United States. Dept. of State. Bureau of (1976). Department of State news letter. Bureau of Administration. p. 57.
"Roy T. Davis Dies; Ex-Diplomat". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1972-12-30. p. 38. Retrieved 2018-07-19 – via Newspapers.com.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byHoward K. Travers	United States Ambassador to Haiti 1953–1957	Succeeded byGerald A. Drew

v t e United States ambassadors to Costa Rica
Minister Resident	Borland (Envoy) Lamar Dimitry Riotte Lawrence Blair Williamson Logan
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Hall Mizner Pacheco Shannon Baker Merry Einstein Hale S. Johnson (a.i.) Martin (a.i.) Thurston (a.i.) R. Davis Eberhardt Sack Hornibrook Lane Scotten
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Des Portes H. Johnson Donnelly N. Davis Flack Fleming Hill Woodward Willauer Telles Boonstra Ploeser Vaky Todman Weissman McNeil Winsor Tambs Hinton Guinot Homme (a.i.) Harrington (a.i.) Becelia (a.i.) de Vos Dodd Danilovich Langdale Brennan (a.i.) Cianchette Andrew Haney Day Telles

v t e United States ambassadors to Haiti
Whidden Peck Hollister Bassett Langston Williams Thompson Douglass Durham Smythe Powell Furniss Smith Bailly-Blanchard Dunn Merrell Gross Grummon Munro Armour Gordon Mayer White Wilson Tittman DeCourcy Travers Davis Drew Newbegin Thurston Timmons Ross Knox Isham Jones Kimelman Preeg McManaway McKinley Adams Alexander Huddleston Swing Carney Curran Foley Sanderson Merten White Mulrean Shukan Diallo Sison Merten Kendrick Stromayer

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