Roger Davis (Pennsylvania)

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Roger Davis (October 2, 1762November 20, 1815) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Roger Davis was born in Charlestown Village, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice about 1785 in Charlestown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1809 to 1811.

Davis was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses. He resumed the practice of medicine in Charlestown, where he died in 1815, and was interred in Great Valley Presbyterian Churchyard.

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Preceded by
Robert Jenkins
Matthias Richards
Daniel Hiester
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

1811-1813

alongside: John M. Hyneman and Joseph Lefever

Succeeded by
John Gloninger
James Whitehill
Preceded by
Jonathan Roberts
Robert Brown
William Rodman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district

1813-1815

1813 - 1814 alongside: Jonathan Roberts
1814 - 1815 alongside: Samuel Henderson

Succeeded by
William Darlington
John Hahn