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American politician (1828?1911)
Thomas Beall Davis
(April 25, 1828 ? November 26, 1911), of
Keyser, West Virginia
, was an American
Democratic
politician.
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Davis was born in
Baltimore, Maryland
, and was the brother of
Henry Gassaway Davis
.
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He relocated to
Howard County, Maryland
, where he attended public schools.
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Davis moved to
Piedmont
in present-day West Virginia in 1854 and began working for the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
.
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He then relocated to
Keyser, West Virginia
, several years later, and he engaged in the mercantile, lumbering, banking, mining, and railroad building businesses.
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In 1876 Davis became a Member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, serving until 1907. He entered the
West Virginia House of Delegates
in 1899, representing Mineral County until 1900.
Davis became a U.S. Representative from West Virginia's 2nd District
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in the
59th Congress
, serving from 1905 to 1907 after the resignation of Republican Alston Dayton.
He died in Keyser and was buried at Maplewood Cemetery in
Elkins
. The town of
Thomas, West Virginia
is named for him.
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