Robert Charles Davey
Robert Charles Davey
Member of the Louisiana State Senate
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded byMatthew Diamond Lagan
Succeeded byCharles Francis Buck
Member of the Louisiana State Senate
In office
March 4, 1897 – December 26, 1908
Preceded byCharles Francis Buck
Succeeded bySamuel 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
BornOctober 22, 1853
New Orleans, Louisiana
DiedDecember 26, 1908
New Orleans, Louisiana
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSt. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
ProfessionMerchant, Politician, Judge

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

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.

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