Stanley Woodward Davenport (July 21, 1861 – September 26, 1921) was a Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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Stanley W. Davenport was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Plymouth is an incorporated borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States 4 miles west of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. Prior to its incorporation in 1866, it was part of Plymouth Township, established in 1769 by the Susquehanna Company and claimed by Connecticut based on...

. He attended Wyoming Seminary

Wyoming Seminary

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, and graduated from the Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

 in Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles south of Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated as a town under its original Indian name, Mattabeseck. It received its present name in 1653. In 1784, the central...

, in 1884. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice in Plymouth in 1891.

He was appointed a director of the poor for the central district of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

- Demographics :As of the 2010 census, the county was 90.7% White, 3.4% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 3.3% were of some other race, and 1.5% were two or more races. 6.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino ancestry...

, in 1893, and later served as secretary and treasurer of the poor district. He was the register of wills of Luzerne County from 1894 to 1897.

Davenport was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth

56th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...

 Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900. He resumed the practice of law in Plymouth and died in 1921, aged 60, and was interred in the Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Shawnee Cemetery in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, is located on a hillside overlooking Wyoming Valley. The cemetery was founded in 1873 and is currently maintained by the Shawnee Cemetery Preservation Association.-Notable interments:...

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Sources

• The Political Graveyard