Robert Wyche Davis

Robert Wyche Davis (March 15, 1849 - September 15, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.

Born near Albany, Georgia, Davis attended the common schools. Enlisted in 1863 in the Fifth Georgia Regiment of the Confederate States Army, and served until the surrender of his company on April 26, 1865.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Blakeley, Georgia.He moved to Florida in 1879 and practiced in Green Cove Springs, Clay County, then in Gainesville, Alachua County, and afterward in Palatka, Putnam County.He served as member of the State house of representatives from Clay County in 1884 and 1885, serving as speaker the latter year.

Davis was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1905).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress.He resumed the practice of law in Palatka, and Tampa, Florida.He moved to Gainesville, Florida, in 1914 and served as register of the United States land office at Gainesville 1914-1922.He was editor of the Gainesville Sun.He served as mayor of Gainesville in 1924 and 1925.He resumed the practice of law in 1928.He died in Gainesville, Florida, September 15, 1929.He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

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