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American politician
Joseph M. White
(May 10, 1781 – October 19, 1839) was a
Delegate
to the
U.S. House of Representatives
from the
Florida Territory
.
Born in
Franklin County, Kentucky
; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to
Pensacola, Florida
in 1821; one of the commissioners under the act of Congress of May 8, 1822, "for ascertaining claims and titles to lands within the Territory of Florida"; elected to the
Nineteenth United States Congress
and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1825 ? March 3, 1837); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Twenty-fifth United States Congress
; author of a
New Collection of Laws, Charters, etc., of
Great Britain
,
France
, and
Spain
Relating to Cessions of Lands, with the Laws of
Mexico
,
in two volumes published in 1839. He died in
St. Louis, Missouri
and is buried at
Bellefontaine Cemetery
.
This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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