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Davidson, Robert Hamilton McWhorta
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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson |
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Quincy, Florida , United States |
| Email | None |
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September 23, 1832
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| Died | January 18, 1908
(75 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | DAVIDSON, Robert Hamilton McWhorta, a Representative from Florida; born near Quincy, Gadsden County, Fla., September 23, 1832; attended the common schools and the Quincy Academy in Quincy, Fla.; studied law at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Quincy, Fla.; member of the State house of representatives 1856-1859; served in the State senate 1860-1862; retired from the State senate in 1862 and served during the Civil War in the Confederate Army as captain of Infantry and later with rank of lieutenant colonel; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1891); chairman, Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; member of the State railroad commission in 1897 and 1898; engaged in the practice of his profession until his death in Quincy, Fla., January 18, 1908; interment in Western Cemetery.
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