John Davenport (Ohio politician) explained

John Davenport
State1:Ohio
Term Start1:March 4, 1827
Term End1:March 3, 1829
Preceded1:Thomas Shannon
Succeeded1:William Kennon, Sr.
Office2:Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Term2:1824
1827
1830
Office3:Member of the Ohio Senate
Term3:1825-1826
Party:Adams
Birth Date:9 January 1788
Birth Place:Winchester, Virginia, United States
Death Place:Woodsfield, Ohio, United States
Restingplace:Green Mount Cemetery, Barnesville, Ohio

John Davenport (January 9, 1788 – July 18, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near Winchester, Virginia, Davenport attended the common schools. He moved to Ohio in 1818 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Davenport settled in Belmont County, Ohio.[1] There he served as member of the State house of representatives in 1824, 1827, and 1830. He served as member of the State senate in 1825 and 1826.

Davenport was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. Davenport was twice elected by the legislature as judge of the Monroe judicial circuit.

John Davenport died in Woodsfield, Ohio, July 18, 1855, with interment at Green Mount Cemetery in Barnesville, Ohio.

Family

John Davenport's wife was Martha Coulson of Virginia, the daughter of American Revolutionary War veteran Captain Coulson, while his father was also served in that war.[1] Davenport's grandson from his daughter Frances Ellen Davenport, William D. Hare, served as a state legislator in Oregon.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Portrait and biographical record of Portland and vicinity Oregon. containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present. Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., © 1903. p. 727-8.