Biography of Robert H. M. Davidson, Quincy, Gadsden Co., FL

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ROBERT H. M. M. DAVIDSON, OF FLORIDA

     Robert H. M. Davidson, of Quincy, represents the First Congressional District
of Florida in the National Congress.  He was born in Gadsden County in that State,
September 23, 1832.  His early education was obtained in Quincy, Florida, where he
completed a thorough adacemic course.  He soon afterwards began the study of law,
and attended the Law School of the University of Virginia, after which he was
admitted to the Bar and commenced practice.  He has continued to practice law ever
since.  He was for two terms a member of the House of Representatives of Florida,
and in 1860 was elected to the Senate of that State.  In 1862 he left the State
Senate to enter the Confederate army as Captain of Infantry.  While in the military
service he was promoted to the rank of Major, and afterward to that of Lieutenant-
Colonel of the Sixth Florida Infantry.  On May 28, 1864, he received a wound which
rendered him incapable of further service in the army.  In 1865 he was chosen a
member of the Constitutional Convention of Florida.  In 1872 he became a candidate
for Elector on the Greeley and Brown ticket.  He was elected to the Forty-fifth and
Forty-sixth Congresses, and was re-elected to the Forty-seventh Congress, as a
Democratic, by a vote of 14,971, against 11,082 for the Republican candidate.

Ref:  Headley, P. C., PUBLIC MEN OF TO-DAY, 1882, S. S. Scranton & Company,
Hartford, p. 361.

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