Thomas Davenport (Mayor Of Leicester)
Thomas or Tom Davenport may refer to: * Thomas Davenport (inventor) (1802–1851), blacksmith from Vermont, USA, inventor of the electric motor * Thomas Davenport (congressman) (died 1838), U.S. representative from Virginia * Thomas Davenport (footballer) (1860–?), English footballer active in the 1880s * Thomas H. Davenport (born 1954), known as Tom, American academic * Sir Thomas Davenport (MP), British Member of Parliament for Newton, 1780–1786 * Tom Davenport (filmmaker) Tom Davenport (born June 13, 1939) is an independent filmmaker and film distributor who has worked for decades documenting American life and exploring folklore. Currently based in Delaplane, Virginia, he is the founder and project director for Fo ...

Thomas Davenport (inventor)
Thomas Davenport (July 9, 1802 – July 6, 1851) was a Vermont blacksmith who constructed the first American DC electric motor in 1834. Biography Davenport was born in Williamstown, Vermont. He lived in Forest Dale, a village near the town of Brandon. As early as 1834, he developed a battery-powered electric motor. He used it to operate a small model car on a short section of track, paving the way for the later electrification of streetcars. Davenport's 1833 visit to the Penfield and Taft iron works at Crown Point, New York, where an electromagnet was operating, based on the design of Joseph Henry, was an impetus for his electromagnetic undertakings. Davenport bought an electromagnet from the Crown Point factory and took it apart to see how it worked. Then he forged a better iron core and redid the wiring, using silk from his wife's wedding gown. With his wife Emily and colleague Orange Smalley, Davenport received the first American patent on an electric machine in 1837 ...
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Thomas Davenport (congressman)
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 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega .... 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, 1825March 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. El ...
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Thomas Davenport (footballer)
Thomas Davenport (1860 – after 1888) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who played in the Football Alliance for Small Heath. He played as an inside forward. Davenport was born in the Kingstanding district of Birmingham. He began his football career with Hockley Belmont before joining Birmingham City F.C., Small Heath Alliance in August 1885. He scored six goals as the club progressed to the semi-final of the 1885–86 FA Cup, which they lost 4–0 to West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion, then left to play for St Luke's, before returning for Small Heath's first season in the Football Alliance. Davenport played in the club's first five games in the new competition, and another two in the 1888–89 FA Cup,Matth ...
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