Robert C. Davey

Robert Charles Davey (October 22, 1853 – December 26, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

Robert Charles Davey
Robert Charles Davey
Member of the Louisiana State Senate
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	Matthew Diamond Lagan
Succeeded by	Charles Francis Buck
Member of the Louisiana State Senate
In office March 4, 1897 – December 26, 1908
Preceded by	Charles Francis Buck
Succeeded by	Samuel Louis Gilmore
President pro tempore of the Louisiana State Senate
In office 1884–1886
Judge of the First Recorder's Court in New Orleans
In office 1880–1888
Member of the Louisiana State Senate
In office 1879–1892
Personal details
Born	October 22, 1853 New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	December 26, 1908 New Orleans, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Profession	Merchant, Politician, Judge

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Davey attended the public schools, and was graduated from St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1871. He engaged in mercantile pursuits.

Davey was elected to the State Senate in 1879, 1884, and again in 1892. He served as president pro tempore of the senate during the sessions of 1884 and 1886. He served as judge of the first recorder's court in New Orleans 1880-1888. He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of New Orleans in 1888.

Davey was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894.

Davey was elected to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death.^[1] Had been reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, but died in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 26, 1908, before the close of the Sixtieth Congress. He was interred in Metairie Cemetery.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

1. "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 41. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

• United States Congress. "Robert C. Davey (id: D000081)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Robert C. Davey, late a Representative from Louisiana, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1911

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Matthew D. Lagan	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district 1893–1895	Succeeded by Charles F. Buck
Preceded by Charles F. Buck	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district 1897–1908	Succeeded by Samuel L. Gilmore