Roger Davis (Pennsylvania)
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Roger Davis (October 2, 1762 – November 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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- Roger Davis (Pennsylvania) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
| 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 |
Succeeded by William Darlington John Hahn |
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