Robert Thompson Davis (August 28, 1823 – October 29, 1906) was an American physician and politician. He was a member of the

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from

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, and served as Mayor of Fall River from 1873 to 1874.

Biography

Robert T. Davis was born in

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, Ireland on August 28, 1823. His family emigrated to the United States when he was three years old. He graduated from

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in 1848, and practiced medicine in

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for three years, before moving to

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. He married Sarah C. Wilbur in 1848. She died in 1856, and he remarried to Susan A. Haight in 1862. They had one child. Davis died at his home in Fall River on October 29, 1906. He is interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

References

19th-century mayors of places in Massachusetts Mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts Medical doctors from County Down Irish emigrants to the United States 1823 births 1906 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Harvard Medical School alumni Politicians from County Down Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery (Fall River, Massachusetts) 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Massachusetts-Representative-stub