district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
at-large '' see below '' 01 august 1911 erie , pennsylvania watkins , new york republican march 3 , 1901 '' see below '' 15 january 1834 march 4 , 1897 samuel arza davenport
 pennsylvania samuel a. davenport harvard law school
samuel arza davenport

samuel arza davenport -lrb- january 15 , 1834 -- august 1 , 1911 -rrb- was a republican member of the u.s. house of representatives from pennsylvania .
samuel a. davenport was born near watkins , new york .
he moved to pennsylvania with his parents , who settled in erie , pennsylvania , in 1839 .
he attended the erie academy .
he studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1854 , in 1855 was graduated from the harvard law school , and commenced the practice of his profession in erie .
he was elected district attorney for the county of erie in 1860 .
he was owner and publisher of the `` erie gazette '' form 1865 to 1890 .
he was a delegate to the republican national conventions in 1888 and 1892 .
davenport was elected as an at-large republican to the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses .
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1900 .
he resumed the practice of law in the county , state , and federal courts .
he was also interested in the erie car works , and in the manufacture of organs and boots and shoes .
he died in erie in 1911 and buried in erie cemetery .
