Frederick M. Davenport

Frederick M. Davenport

Frederick Morgan Davenport (August 27, 1866 - December 26, 1956) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Davenport was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1889 and from Columbia University in 1905. He taught political science at Hamilton College from 1904 until 1929. He served in the New York State Senate from 1909 until 1911 and from 1919 until 1925. He unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York as a Progressive in 1912 and for Governor of New York in 1914. He was a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention. He was elected to Congress in 1924 and served from March 4, 1925 until March 3, 1933. He lost a re-election bid against Fred J. Sisson in 1932 and unsuccessfully tried to take back the seat in 1934. He died in Washington, D.C..

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