Thomas B. Davis Explained

Thomas Davis
State:West Virginia
District:2nd
Term Start:June 6, 1905
Term End:March 3, 1907
Preceded:Alston G. Dayton
Succeeded:George Cookman Sturgiss
State Delegate2:West Virginia
District2:Mineral County
Term Start2:1899
Term End2:1900
Birth Date:25 April 1828
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Death Place:Keyser, West Virginia, U.S.
Restingplace:Maplewood Cemetery in Elkins, West Virginia
Birthname:Thomas Beall Davis
Nationality:American
Party:Democratic
Relations:Henry Gassaway Davis (brother)
Occupation:Politician
Committees:West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee

Thomas Beall Davis (April 25, 1828 – November 26, 1911), of Keyser, West Virginia, was an American Democratic politician.

Biography

Davis was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was the brother of Henry Gassaway Davis. He relocated to Howard County, Maryland, where he attended public schools. Davis moved to Piedmont in present-day West Virginia in 1854 and began working for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He then relocated to Keyser, West Virginia, several years later, and he engaged in the mercantile, lumbering, banking, mining, and railroad building businesses.

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[1] 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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Political Graveyard . 2008-11-20 . Lawrence Kestenbaum . https://web.archive.org/web/20130605063425/http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis8.html . 2013-06-05 .
  2. Book: West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains . The Place Name Press . Kenny, Hamill . 1945 . Piedmont, West Virginia . 624.