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Hubbard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones3.html#609.62.55">Edmund Coot Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#951.74.17">Charles Davenport Lockwood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#518.06.05">William Davenport Mann</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#163.36.45">William McKissock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#740.92.46">Elizabeth Davenport McKune</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#600.99.60">Samuel Davis McReynolds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#768.35.12">Merritt Cramer Mechem</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart9.html#248.53.95">William Davenport Stewart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor6.html#087.03.35">Maxwell Davenport Taylor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#688.16.87">Fannie Kidder Tyler</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="617.33.15">Davenport, (need first name)</a> — of New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 6th District, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="251.86.36">Davenport, A. W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GA-lived.html">Gaston County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Gaston County, 1862-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.stamfordhistory.org/dav_abraham1.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/600/87.10.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Abraham Davenport"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="600.87.10">Davenport, Abraham</a> (1715-1789) — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1715/06-06.html">June 6, 1715</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1776-83. Famed for his decisive response during the "Dark Day," May 19, 1780, when all-day darkness in New England led many to think that the end of the world was at hand. In the state council meeting in Hartford, he said, "I am against adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought." <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#625.76.59">John Greenleaf Whittier</a> wrote a poem about this incident in 1866; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#288.06.12">John F. Kennedy</a> referenced Davenport's actions in speeches during the 1960 presidential campaign. Died in Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/11-20.html">November 20, 1789</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Northfield Cemetery</a>, Stamford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Davenport (1669-1731) and Elizabeth (Morris) Davenport; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1750/11-16.html">November 16, 1750</a>, to Elizabeth Huntington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/08-08.html">August 8, 1776</a>, to Martha (Coggeshall) Fitch; father of <a href="#262.65.85">John Davenport (1752-1830)</a> and <a href="#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>; grandfather of <a href="#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>; granduncle of <a href="#570.26.19">Abraham Davenport (1767-1837)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#318.75.04">Thaddeus Betts</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a>; fourth great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#849.17.06">Alfred Collins Lockwood</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#939.26.26">Aaron Kitchell</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#811.79.86">Elias Mulford Condit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mansfield.html#950.90.42">Isaac Edwin Mansfield</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stiles.html#606.37.50">Frank L. Stiles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#579.73.10">John Henry Blakeslee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#869.41.90">George Newbury Blakeslee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham Davenport">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33362149">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Stamford Historical Society</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="570.26.19">Davenport, Abraham</a> (1767-1837) — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/10-30.html">October 30, 1767</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stamford.html#4">Stamford, Conn.</a>, 1796-1822. Died in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/06-06.html">June 6, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Northfield Cemetery</a>, Stamford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Silas Davenport and Mary (Webb) Davenport; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/">1793</a> to Polly Brown; grandnephew of <a href="#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport (1715-1789)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#262.65.85">John Davenport</a> and <a href="#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>; second cousin of <a href="#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#318.75.04">Thaddeus Betts</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#849.17.06">Alfred Collins Lockwood</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#559.30.97">Gold Selleck Silliman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#557.40.33">Benjamin Silliman</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#939.26.26">Aaron Kitchell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#740.01.54">Benjamin Douglas Silliman</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#788.87.85">Judson Franklin Selleck</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0006.html">Conger family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0453.html">Lockwood-Lanning family</a> of New Jersey (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14885123">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Davenport, Arthur See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farron-faulkland.html#121.36.71">Chaka Fattah</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="636.89.04">Davenport, Arthur</a> — of Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-lived.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MA.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="516.83.01">Davenport, Ashley</a> — of Copenhagen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 21st District, 1852-53. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="359.44.15">Davenport, Barbara M.</a> — of Rumford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-lived.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/ME.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="684.42.69">Davenport, Benjamin G.</a> — of Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Milford, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="104.74.75">Davenport, Benjamin L.</a> — of Elkhart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/EL-lived.html">Elkhart County</a>, Ind. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/elkhart.html#2">Elkhart, Ind.</a>, 1849-50. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Davenport, Boadley See <a href="#246.41.69">J. Boadley Davenport</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="122.86.60">Davenport, C. E.</a> — of Missouri. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 10th District, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="019.49.23">Davenport, Charin H.</a> — of Hazel Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Green. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 2018. Still living as of 2018. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.56.45">Davenport, Charles L.</a> — of Malden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Eleventh Middlesex District, 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="159.79.89">Davenport, D. S.</a> — of Texas. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 14th District, 1924. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="096.03.91">Davenport, David</a> — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 2012. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="805.58.55">Davenport, Dewey</a> — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/AR.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/AR.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="017.38.10">Davenport, Don</a> — of Calexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/IM-lived.html">Imperial County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/CA.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="620.73.53">Davenport, Douglas B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/DC.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="312.78.18">Davenport, E. J.</a> — of Valentine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CR-lived.html">Cherry County</a>, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NE.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="390.51.86">Davenport, E. N.</a> — of Saginaw Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/saginaw-twp.html">Supervisor of Saginaw Township, Michigan</a>, 1836-37. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="773.35.67">Davenport, Earl J.</a> — of Olympia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/TH-lived.html">Thurston County</a>, Wash. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Davenport, Edward See <a href="#015.98.18">M. Edward Davenport</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="055.65.10">Davenport, Edward J.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 30, 1889-90. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12468">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="070.61.13">Davenport, Elizabeth K.</a> — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MI.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="770.92.66">Davenport, Elizabeth P.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 30th District, 1990. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1990. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="556.01.70">Davenport, Elvin L.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1957-59. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="163.06.24">Davenport, Eugene</a> (born c.1856) — of Hastings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-lived.html">Barry County</a>, Mich. Born in Woodland Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-born.html">Barry County</a>, Mich., about 1856. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Barry County, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="614.99.85">Davenport, Frank</a> — of Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/NJ.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NJ.html">1972</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> 35th District, 1974-77. Still living as of 1977. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="629.35.29">Davenport, Frank E.</a> — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-parties.html">Chair of Essex County Republican Party</a>, 1920-21. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="979.61.64">Davenport, Franklin</a> (1755-1832) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/index.html">1755</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Gloucester County, 1786-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1798-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 5th District, 1799-1801. Died in Woodbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-died.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/07-27.html">July 27, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-buried.html#cms02437">Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, North Woodbury, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0708.html">Flint-Bache family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0336.html">Bache-Dallas family</a> of Pennsylvania and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0272.html">Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family</a> of New York and Arizona (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000069">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403207">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="394.15.46">Davenport, Frederick Morgan</a> (1866-1956) — also known as Frederick M. Davenport — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/08-27.html">August 27, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 36th District, 1909-10, 1919-24; Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1912; Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 33rd District, 1925-33; defeated (Republican), 1932, 1934. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/12-26.html">December 26, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Davenport and Annie L. (Green) Davenport; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-02.html">January 2, 1899</a>, to Edith Jefferson Andrus (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#202.19.86">John Emory Andrus</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000070">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403208">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="361.57.59">Davenport, Gail</a> — of Jonesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CL-lived.html">Clayton County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/GA.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/GA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="904.13.66">Davenport, George</a> — of Coalsmouth, Va. (now St. Albans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va.). Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/saintalbans.html#5">Coalsmouth, Va.</a>, 1825-26. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="798.72.93">Davenport, George</a> — of Saginaw Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/saginaw-twp.html">Supervisor of Saginaw Township, Michigan</a>, 1864-65. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="741.95.99">Davenport, George</a> (b. 1833) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LP-lived.html">Lapeer County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/index.html">1833</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Lapeer County 1st District, 1881-84. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="710.64.21">Davenport, George</a> (b. 1840) — of Michigan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/index.html">1840</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 25th District, 1885-86. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="581.31.61">Davenport, George O.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Ohio County, 1872-73. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="913.68.19">Davenport, Harper</a> — of near Meadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="988.80.44">Davenport, Harry James</a> (1902-1977) — also known as Harry J. Davenport — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Wilmerding, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-22.html">August 22, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 29th District, 1949-51; defeated, 1946. Died in Millvale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/12-19.html">December 19, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms04180">New St. Joseph Cemetery</a>, North Versailles, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000071">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403209">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="799.70.92">Davenport, Henry H.</a> — of Pomfret, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Pomfret; elected 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="610.39.07">Davenport, Holton</a> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/SD.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="713.74.24">Davenport, Ira</a> (1841-1904) — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hornellsville (now Hornell), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/06-28.html">June 28, 1841</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 27th District, 1878-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1882-83; defeated, 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 29th District, 1885-89; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1885. Died in Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-died.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-06.html">October 6, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 100 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-buried.html#cms04887">a private or family graveyard</a>, Steuben County, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000072">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403210">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="246.41.69">Davenport, J. Boadley</a> — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-officials.html">Warren County Sheriff and Jailer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KY.html">1936</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-buried.html#cms01268">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Bowling Green, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="802.92.13">Davenport, James</a> (1758-1797) — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/10-12.html">October 12, 1758</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1785; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1790-96; common pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1792; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> at-large, 1796-97; died in office 1797. Died in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/08-03.html">August 3, 1797</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Northfield Cemetery</a>, Stamford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport (1715-1789)</a> and Elizabeth (Huntington) Davenport; brother of <a href="#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/05-07.html">May 7, 1777</a>, to Abigail Fitch; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/11-06.html">November 6, 1790</a>, to Mehitable Coggeshall; uncle of <a href="#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>, <a href="#570.26.19">Abraham Davenport (1767-1837)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#318.75.04">Thaddeus Betts</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#849.17.06">Alfred Collins Lockwood</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#127.62.71">Henry Waggaman Edwards</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#492.07.22">Evert Harris Kittell</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#594.09.65">John Foster Dulles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#661.62.14">Allen Welsh Dulles</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#494.45.40">Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#939.26.26">Aaron Kitchell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#727.36.22">Charles Robert Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#252.96.48">Charles Taylor Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#847.27.33">John Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#249.92.18">William Tecumseh Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#627.30.05">Lampson Parker Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#228.47.40">John Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#058.29.17">Abial Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooker.html#900.95.54">Edward Williams Hooker</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#073.50.89">George Douglas Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#811.79.86">Elias Mulford Condit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stockwell-stokely.html#781.68.07">Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#500.19.17">Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#713.93.60">William Barret Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#416.38.08">Charles Edward Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#102.01.36">Clement Phineas Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#645.80.14">Herman Arod Gager</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#616.27.89">John Sedgwick Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#301.16.25">Edward Warden Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#308.16.83">John Leffingwell Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#123.20.81">George Leffingwell Reed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#807.46.34">Blanche M. Woodward</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttle.html#282.14.92">Ambrose Tuttle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#375.04.02">Jesse Hoyt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#002.57.43">Abiel Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#177.15.53">Jairus Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#087.76.51">John Arnold Rockwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell5.html#124.41.70">John Leslie Russell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#146.55.91">George Washington Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#904.82.30">Almon Case</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0006.html">Conger family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0453.html">Lockwood-Lanning family</a> of New Jersey (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000073">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403211">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Davenport (Connecticut congressman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6639679">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="349.15.35">Davenport, James F.</a> — of Fall River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/fallriver.html">Mayor of Fall River, Mass.</a>, 1874-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="892.84.51">Davenport, James S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Hudson County, 1853. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="348.97.49">Davenport, James S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Otsego County 1st District, 1876-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NY.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="857.51.26">Davenport, James Sanford</a> (1864-1940) — also known as James S. Davenport — of Vinita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CI-lived.html">Craig County</a>, Okla. Born near Gaylesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CE-born.html">Cherokee County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/09-21.html">September 21, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a>, 1907-09, 1911-17 (3rd District 1907-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1915-17); Judge, Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals, 1927-31. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-03.html">January 3, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CI-buried.html#cms00597">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Vinita, Okla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of W. A. J. Davenport and Amanda C. Davenport; married to Gulielma Ross and Byrd A. Ironside.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000074">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403212">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James S. Davenport">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11890441">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="871.24.89">Davenport, Jesse</a> — of Tennessee. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 5th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="262.65.85">Davenport, John</a> (1752-1830) — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/01-16.html">January 16, 1752</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1776; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stamford.html#4">Stamford, Conn.</a>, 1787-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a>, 1799-1817 (at-large 1799-1805, 2nd District 1805-07, at-large 1807-09, 3rd District 1809-11, at-large 1811-17). Died in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/11-28.html">November 28, 1830</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Northfield Cemetery</a>, Stamford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport (1715-1789)</a> and Elizabeth (Huntington) Davenport; brother of <a href="#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>; married to Mary Sylvester Welles; father of <a href="#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>, <a href="#570.26.19">Abraham Davenport (1767-1837)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#318.75.04">Thaddeus Betts</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#849.17.06">Alfred Collins Lockwood</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#127.62.71">Henry Waggaman Edwards</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#492.07.22">Evert Harris Kittell</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#594.09.65">John Foster Dulles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#661.62.14">Allen Welsh Dulles</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#494.45.40">Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#939.26.26">Aaron Kitchell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#727.36.22">Charles Robert Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#252.96.48">Charles Taylor Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#847.27.33">John Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#249.92.18">William Tecumseh Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#627.30.05">Lampson Parker Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#228.47.40">John Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#058.29.17">Abial Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooker.html#900.95.54">Edward Williams Hooker</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#073.50.89">George Douglas Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#811.79.86">Elias Mulford Condit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stockwell-stokely.html#781.68.07">Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#500.19.17">Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#713.93.60">William Barret Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#416.38.08">Charles Edward Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#102.01.36">Clement Phineas Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#645.80.14">Herman Arod Gager</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#616.27.89">John Sedgwick Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#301.16.25">Edward Warden Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#308.16.83">John Leffingwell Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#123.20.81">George Leffingwell Reed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#807.46.34">Blanche M. Woodward</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttle.html#282.14.92">Ambrose Tuttle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#375.04.02">Jesse Hoyt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#002.57.43">Abiel Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#177.15.53">Jairus Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#087.76.51">John Arnold Rockwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell5.html#124.41.70">John Leslie Russell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#146.55.91">George Washington Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#904.82.30">Almon Case</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0006.html">Conger family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0453.html">Lockwood-Lanning family</a> of New Jersey (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000075">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403213">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Davenport (Connecticut politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6078551">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="221.91.37">Davenport, John</a> (1788-1855) — of Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-born.html">Winchester</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/01-09.html">January 9, 1788</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1824, 1827, 1830; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1825-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 10th District, 1827-29; circuit judge in Ohio, 1830. Died in Woodsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/07-18.html">July 18, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BE-buried.html#cms00647">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Barnesville, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000076">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403214">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Davenport (Ohio politician)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="406.15.19">Davenport, John B.</a> — of Perkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JN-lived.html">Jenkins County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/GA.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="048.69.87">Davenport, Joseph G.</a> — of Cedar Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cedarrapids.html#2">Cedar Rapids, Iowa</a>, 1861-64. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="590.84.11">Davenport, Joseph J.</a> (1849-1921) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/index.html">1849</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1889-90. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/index.html">1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="753.89.89">Davenport, Josephine M.</a> — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NY.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="367.85.77">Davenport, L. C.</a> — of Bluffton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WL-lived.html">Wells County</a>, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IN.html">1888</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/IN.html">1896</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IN.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="688.95.33">Davenport, Lawrence</a> — of New Rochelle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County, 1829-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="095.83.03">Davenport, Leonard G.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 22nd District, 1882. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="616.43.42">Davenport, Lewis</a> — of Hazleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hazleton.html#3">Hazleton, Pa.</a>, 1836-40, 1842-45, 1847-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="345.50.95">Davenport, Lisa</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 12th District, 2010. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="043.13.10">Davenport, Louis H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MD.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.98.18">Davenport, M. Edward</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grandrapids.html">mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="616.44.35">Davenport, M. W.</a> — of Denton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DT-lived.html">Denton County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/denton.html">Mayor of Denton, Tex.</a>, 1877-78, 1891. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="559.99.84">Davenport, Mary</a> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html#2">Chester, Pa.</a>, 1814-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="702.49.74">Davenport, Mary Linn</a> — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican State Committee</a>, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="998.35.05">Davenport, Moses</a> (1806-1861) — of Newburyport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/02-14.html">February 14, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/newburyport.html">Mayor of Newburyport, Mass.</a>, 1854-55, 1861; died in office 1861. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/02-18.html">February 18, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-buried.html#cms03061">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Newburyport, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20876688">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="910.69.79">Davenport, P. T.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WH-lived.html">Waushara County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Waushara County, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="536.83.73">Davenport, Philip M.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PK-consuls.html ">Karachi</a>, as of 1943. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="019.03.26">Davenport, Ralph</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Somerset County, 1866-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="418.90.66">Davenport, Richard C.</a> — of Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SL-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IL.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="846.37.51">Davenport, Richard K.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GA-lived.html">Gaston County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Gaston County, 1909-10. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="327.18.57">Davenport, Richard L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. U.S. Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 82nd District, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="668.66.88">Davenport, Russell W.</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="758.13.27">Davenport, Ryan</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BS-lived.html">Brazos County</a>, Tex. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/TX.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="125.30.61">Davenport, S. G.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="764.53.32">Davenport, Samuel</a> — of Bluffton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WL-lived.html">Wells County</a>, Ind. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/bluffton.html#2">Bluffton, Ind.</a>, 1875-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="380.21.12">Davenport, Samuel Arza</a> (1834-1911) — also known as Samuel A. Davenport — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Born near Watkins (now Watkins Glen), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SY-born.html">Schuyler County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/01-15.html">January 15, 1834</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-officials.html">Erie County District Attorney</a>, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/PA.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/PA.html">1892</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> at-large, 1897-1901. Died in Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/08-01.html">August 1, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-buried.html#cms00095">Erie Cemetery</a>, Erie, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000077">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403215">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="774.39.11">Davenport, Stanley Woodward</a> (1861-1921) — also known as Stanley W. Davenport — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-21.html">July 21, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-officials.html">Luzerne County Register of Wills</a>, 1893-06; secretary-treasurer, Central Poor District, Luzerne County; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1899-1901; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Died in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-died.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/09-26.html">September 26, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 67 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-buried.html#cms00273">Plymouth Cemetery</a>, Plymouth, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/06-13.html">June 13, 1889</a>, to Mary Weir.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000078">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403216">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="420.31.15">Davenport, Stephen C.</a> — of Massachusetts. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/boston.html">mayor of Boston, Mass.</a>, 1967. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="242.22.12">Davenport, Theodore</a> (1792-1884) — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/01-16.html">January 16, 1792</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stamford, 1825. Died in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/09-09.html">September 9, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Northfield Cemetery</a>, Stamford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#262.65.85">John Davenport</a> and Mary Sylvester (Welles) Davenport; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/05-09.html">May 9, 1833</a>, to Harriet Grant Chesebrough; father of Helen Matilda Davenport (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#676.38.19">Samuel Fessenden</a>); nephew of <a href="#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>; grandson of <a href="#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport (1715-1789)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>; second cousin of <a href="#570.26.19">Abraham Davenport (1767-1837)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#127.62.71">Henry Waggaman Edwards</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#318.75.04">Thaddeus Betts</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#849.17.06">Alfred Collins Lockwood</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckalew-buckles.html#579.32.42">William Alfred Buckingham</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#939.26.26">Aaron Kitchell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#106.38.64">John Adams Taintor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#503.96.56">Henry G. Taintor</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#652.15.91">Ezekiel Cornell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#492.07.22">Evert Harris Kittell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#514.32.62">Henry Vance Clymer</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#594.09.65">John Foster Dulles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#661.62.14">Allen Welsh Dulles</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#727.36.22">Charles Robert Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#437.89.78">Greene Carrier Bronson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#405.41.29">Elisha Hunt Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#026.73.35">Gouverneur Morris</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#152.06.17">Jonathan Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#632.14.15">James Kilbourne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#252.96.48">Charles Taylor Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#847.27.33">John Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#249.92.18">William Tecumseh Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#627.30.05">Lampson Parker Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#228.47.40">John Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#323.38.79">William Fessenden Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#247.17.45">Selah Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#058.29.17">Abial Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#029.39.77">Rodolph A. Woolsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#232.62.06">Frederick Hobbes Allen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooker.html#900.95.54">Edward Williams Hooker</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0006.html">Conger family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0453.html">Lockwood-Lanning family</a> of New Jersey (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11861465">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.64.82">Davenport, Thomas</a> (d. 1838) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 6th District, 1825-35. Slaveowner. Died near Meadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-died.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/11-18.html">November 18, 1838</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000079">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412030">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="062.10.29">Davenport, Thomas</a> — Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-consuls.html ">Londonderry</a>, 1830-33. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="404.32.67">Davenport, Valorie W.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/spju.html">justice of Texas state supreme court</a>, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="762.61.68">Davenport, William Aiken</a> (b. 1869) — also known as William A. Davenport — of Greenfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-23.html">October 23, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MA.html">vice-chair of Massachusetts Democratic Party</a>, 1899; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1899-1900; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/MA.html">1908</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> Franklin & Hampshire District, 1935-36; Independent Tax Reform candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1938. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Stephen Tabor Davenport and Alice S. (Warner) Davenport; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/">1894</a> to Belle M. Shearer.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="613.89.66">Davenport, William B.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 5th District, 1894. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="911.80.98">Davenport, William Nathaniel</a> (b. 1856) — of Marlborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass.; Newton Highlands, Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Boylston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-03.html">November 3, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1884-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1889-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/marlborough.html">mayor of Marlborough, Mass.</a>, 1894-95. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Jepthah Davenport and Almira (Howard) Davenport; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/01-01.html">January 1, 1887</a>, to Lizzie M. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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