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Thomas Davenport (died November 17, 1838) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

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

• 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

• United States Congress. "Thomas Davenport (id: D000079)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Obituary with death date in Lynchburg Virginian, November 19, 1838.

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