Robert Lee Davis (October 29, 1893 – May 5, 1967) was a Republican member of the

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from

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Biography

Robert L. Davis was born in

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. He graduated from

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. He worked for the

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from 1910 to 1932. During the

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he served in the

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. After the war, he served as assistant executive director of the Republican central campaign committee of Philadelphia from 1928 to 1932, and as director of the Republican city committee from 1932 to 1935. Davis was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative

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. He was not a candidate for election in 1932. He worked as a businessman, real-estate broker, and commissioner of the

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Commission from 1962 to 1967. He died in

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, and his remains were cremated.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Robert L. 1893 births 1967 deaths Politicians from Philadelphia Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Brown University alumni 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives