Roy T. Davis | |
Order: | 6th |
Ambassador From: | United States |
Country: | Haiti |
Term Start: | September 23, 1953 |
Term End: | March 9, 1957 |
State Senate1: | Maryland |
Term Start1: | 1947 |
Term End1: | 1951 |
Order2: | 10th |
Minister From2: | United States |
Country2: | Panama |
Term Start2: | March 14, 1930 |
Term End2: | September 20, 1933 |
Minister From3: | United States |
Country3: | Costa Rica |
Term Start3: | March 14, 1922 |
Term End3: | January 4, 1930 |
President3: | Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover |
Birth Date: | 4 June 1889 |
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Roy Tasco Davis (June 4, 1889December 27, 1975) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to Costa Rica, Haiti, Panama.[1]
Born in Ewing, Missouri, on June 4, 1889, Davis received his education from the public schools of Missouri, and from Brown University, from which he graduated in 1910.[2]
Nominated by President Warren G. Harding on February 7, 1922, to become minister to Costa Rica,[3] he served in that position from 1922 to 1930.
After service abroad, Davis served as a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1947 to 1951.[4]
He later served as ambassador to Haiti during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.[5]
Roy Tasco Davis died on December 27, 1975, in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 86.[6]