Thomas Davenport (congressman)

Thomas Davenport
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th district
In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	George Tucker
Succeeded by	Walter Coles
Chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Thomas H. Hall
Succeeded by	Sherman Page
Personal details
Born	1778 Halifax County, Virginia
Died	November 17, 1838 (aged 59–60) Meadville, Halifax County, Virginia
Political party	Anti-Jacksonian (after 1825)
Other political affiliations	Jacksonian (before 1825)
Military service
Service/branch	Virginia state militia
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	War of 1812

Thomas Davenport (1778 – November 17, 1838) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Born 1778 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.

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, 1825 – March 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

• Thomas Davenport at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Obituary with death date in Lynchburg Virginian, November 19, 1838.