P. Davis Oakey
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Peter Davis Oakey was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Connecticut
Connecticut
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Born in East Millstone, New Jersey
East Millstone, New Jersey
East Millstone is a census-designated place and historic district within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small rural community that grew and prospered with a small industrial base in the 19th Century, centered around the Delaware and Raritan Canal at...

, Oakey attended the public schools and the high school of Millstone, New Jersey
Millstone, New Jersey
Millstone is a Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 418.Millstone was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 14, 1894, from portions of Hillsborough Township, based on the results of...

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He moved to Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...

, in 1886 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He served as member of the city council 1891-1894.
City alderman in 1894 and 1895.
He served as collector of city taxes of Hartford in 1894 and 1895.
He served as member of the Connecticut National Guard 1895-1901.
City assessor 1900-1915.

Oakey was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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 to the Sixty-fourth
64th United States Congress
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 Congress (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1917).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth
65th United States Congress
The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 4, 1919, during the fourth and fifth...

 Congress.
He died in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...

, November 18, 1920.
He was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...

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