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Robert Charles Davey (October 22, 1853 – December 26, 1908) was a
Robert C. Davey, late a Representative from Louisiana, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1911
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Robert Charles Davey (October 22, 1853 – December 26, 1908) was a U.S. Representative
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from Louisiana
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Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
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, Davey attended the public schools, and was graduated from St. Vincent's College, Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
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, in 1871.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Davey was elected to the State Senate
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in 1879, 1884, and again in 1892.
He served as president pro tempore of the senate
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during the sessions of 1884 and 1886.
He served as judge of the first recorder's court in New Orleans 1880-1888.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of New Orleans in 1888.
Davey was elected as a Democrat
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to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894.
Davey was elected to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death.
Had been reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, but died in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...
, December 26, 1908, before the close of the Sixtieth Congress.
He was interred in Metairie Cemetery.
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
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* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
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References
Robert C. Davey, late a Representative from Louisiana, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1911
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davey, Robert Charles 1853 births 1908 deaths Democratic Party Louisiana state senators Louisiana state court judges Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges