| 词条 | Thomas Davis (Rhode Island) |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Thomas Davis | honorific-suffix = | image = | title = Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | term_start = 1887 | term_end = 1890 | preceded = | succeeded = | state_senate2 = Rhode Island | district2 = | term_start2 = 1845 | term_end2 = 1853 1877–1878 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | state3 = Rhode Island | district3 = 1st | term_start3 = March 4, 1853 | term_end3 = March 3, 1855 | preceded3 = George Gordon King | succeeded3 = Nathan B. Durfee | birth_date = {{birth date|1806|12|18}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1895|7|26|1806|12|18}} | death_place = Providence, Rhode Island, US | restingplace = Swan Point Cemetery Providence, Rhode Island | restingplacecoordinates = | birthname = | nationality = Irish-American | party = Democratic | otherparty = | spouse = Eliza Chase Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (1849–1876) | partner = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Manufacturer Politician Abolitionist | profession = | cabinet = | committees = Providence school committee | portfolio = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Thomas Davis (December 18, 1806{{spaced ndash}}July 26, 1895) was an Irish-American manufacturer, politician and abolitionist. He was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and served in the Rhode Island State Senate and the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Early life and educationDavis was born in Dublin, Ireland, where he attended private schools. In 1817, he emigrated with his family to the United States and they settled in Providence, Rhode Island. In Providence, he engaged in jewelry manufacturing and became quite wealthy. Political careerHe became involved in politics and was a member of the Rhode Island State Senate from 1845 to 1853.[1] Davis was elected to the Thirty-third Congress, and served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855.[2] While in Congress, he was outspoken about his disapproval of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.[3] In 1854, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and returned to his manufacturing pursuits. Davis hoped to return to Congress, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirty-sixth, Forty-second, Forty-third, and Forty-sixth Congresses.[4] He served in the State Senate again in 1877 and 1878,[5] and was a member of the State House from 1887-1890. He was an abolitionist and was against the real estate requirement for voting that Rhode Island imposed upon naturalized citizens.[6][7] Davis was on the North Providence, Rhode Island executive school committee,[8] and was a member of the Rhode Island Historical Society.[9] Death and legacyDavis died in Providence on July 26, 1895 and is interred in Swan Point Cemetery.[10] In 2003, he was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.[11] Family lifeDavis' first wife was Eliza Chase.[12] Following Eliza's death, he married abolitionist, suffragist, and educator Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis in 1849.[13][14] The couple adopted two daughters, and remained together until Paulina's death in 1876.[15] References1. ^{{cite book|last=United States. Government Printing Office|title=Congressional serial set|date=1918|publisher=U.S. G.P.O.|page=596|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMlTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA594 }} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Douglas|first=Frederick|title=The Frederick Douglass Papers: 1842–1852|date=2009|publisher=Yale University Press|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iD07x9v-CiEC&pg=PA27 }} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Rhode Island Historical Society|title=Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Volume 4|date=1896|publisher=The Societu|page=53|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awIQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50 }} 4. ^{{cite book|last=United States. Government Printing Office|title=Congressional serial set|date=1918|publisher=U.S. G.P.O.|page=596|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMlTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA594 }} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Stanton|first=Elizabeth Cady|title=The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: National protection for national citizens, 1873 to 1880|date=2003|publisher=Rutgers University Press|page=254|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3diaaiUZjQC&pg=PA254 }} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Conley|first=Patrick T. and Flanders, Robert J.|title=The Rhode Island State Constitution|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=132|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfJoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA132 }} 7. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.riheritagehalloffame.org/inductees_detail.cfm?iid=470|title=Congressman Thomas Davis|publisher = Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame|accessdate= April 4, 2014}} 8. ^{{cite book|last=Bicknell|first=T.W. and Stockwell, T.B.|title=The Rhode Island Schoolmaster, Volume 17|date=1871|publisher=Providence Press Company|page=29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a8AXAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA29 }} 9. ^{{cite book|last=Arnold|first=James N.|title=The Narragansett Historical Register|date=1996|publisher=Heritage Books|page=126|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PjIRedAUIMC&pg=PA126 }} 10. ^{{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Thomas E.|title=Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated|date=1998|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|page=296|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&pg=PA296 }} 11. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.riheritagehalloffame.org/inductees_detail.cfm?iid=470|title=Congressman Thomas Davis|publisher = Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame|accessdate= April 4, 2014}} 12. ^{{cite book|last=Douglas|first=Frederick|title=The Frederick Douglass Papers: 1842–1852|date=2009|publisher=Yale University Press|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iD07x9v-CiEC&pg=PA27 }} 13. ^{{cite book|last=Danforth|first=Charolotte|title=American Heirloom Baby Names|date=2006|publisher=Penguin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbgTwoBsSuEC&pg=PT106 }} 14. ^{{cite book|last=Rhode Island Historical Society|title=Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Volume 4|date=1896|publisher=The Societu|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awIQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50 }} 15. ^{{cite book|last=James|first=Edward T. and Wilson, Janet|title=Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2|date=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|page=444|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=PA444 }} External links
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