Thomas Davee (December 9, 1797 – December 9, 1841) was a
United States representative
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from
Maine
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. He was born in
Plymouth, Massachusetts
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where he attended the common schools. Later, he moved to Maine, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Davee was a member of the
Maine House of Representatives
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in 1826 and 1827 and also served in the
Maine Senate
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1830–1832. He was the high
sheriff
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of
Somerset County, Maine
Somerset County is a county in the state of Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 50,477. Its county seat is Skowhegan.
History
Somerset County was established on March 1, 1809 from portions of Kennebec Cou ...
in 1835 and postmaster of
Blanchard, Maine from November 6, 1833, to March 24, 1837. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1840.
After leaving Congress, Davee resumed mercantile pursuits. He was again a member of the Maine Senate in 1841 and served until his death in Blanchard, Maine, in 1841. He was buried in the Village Cemetery,
Monson, Maine
Monson is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 609 at the 2020 census. The town is located on Route 15 which is a significant route north into the well known Moosehead Lake Region, to which Monson can be consid ...
.
References
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1797 births
1841 deaths
People from Piscataquis County, Maine
Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives
People from Plymouth, Massachusetts
Democratic Party Maine state senators
Maine sheriffs
People from Somerset County, Maine
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
19th-century American politicians