Thomas Davenport | |
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| Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives 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 | birth date unknown Halifax County,Virginia |
| Died | November 17,1838 Meadville,Halifax County,Virginia |
| Political party | Anti-Jacksonian (after 1825) |
| Other political affiliations | Jacksonian (before 1825) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Virginia state militia |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Thomas Davenport (died November 17,1838) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born 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.
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