Roger Davis (Pennsylvania politician)

Summary

Roger Davis (October 2, 1762 – November 20, 1815) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Roger Davis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byRobert Jenkins
Matthias Richards
Daniel Hiester
Succeeded byWilliam Darlington
John Hahn
Constituency3rd district (1811–1813)
2nd district (1813–1815)
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1809-1811
Personal details
Born(1762-10-02)October 2, 1762
Charlestown Village, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DiedNovember 20, 1815(1815-11-20) (aged 53)
Charlestown Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

Roger Davis was born in Charlestown Village in the Province of Pennsylvania. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice about 1785 in Charlestown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1809 to 1811.

Davis was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses. He resumed the practice of medicine in Charlestown, where he died in 1815, and was interred in Great Valley Presbyterian Churchyard.

Sources edit

  • United States Congress. "Roger Davis (id: D000133)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

1811–1813

alongside: John M. Hyneman and Joseph Lefever

Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district

1813–1815

1813–1814 alongside: Jonathan Roberts
1814–1815 alongside: Samuel Henderson

Succeeded by