Thomas Davenport (died November 17, 1838) was a

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Biography

Born in

Halifax County, Virginia Halifax County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,022. Its county seat is Halifax. History Occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years, in histo ...

, 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

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. 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.

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

*Obituary with death date in ''Lynchburg Virginian'', November 19, 1838. 1838 deaths Year of birth unknown People from Halifax County, Virginia American militiamen in the War of 1812 Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia 19th-century American politicians National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia American militia officers {{Virginia-Representative-stub