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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaJames Diament WESTCOTT, Jr.
(1802-1880)
Senate Years of Service:
1845-1849Party: DemocratWESTCOTT, James Diament,
Jr., a Senator from Florida; born in Alexandria, Va., May
10, 1802; moved to New Jersey, where he received a liberal
education; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1824 and commenced
practice; clerk in the Consular Bureau, Washington, D.C.; secretary
of Florida Territory 1830-1834; United States attorney for the
middle district of Florida 1834-1836; member, Territorial house of
representatives 1832; delegate to the State constitutional
conventions in 1838 and 1839; upon the admission of Florida as a
State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the United States
Senate and served from July 1, 1845, to March 3, 1849; was not a
candidate for reelection in 1848; chairman, Committee on
Territories (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on Patents and the
Patent Office (Thirtieth Congress); settled in New York City in
1850 and practiced law; moved to Canada in 1862; died in Montreal,
Canada, January 19, 1880; interment in City Cemetery, Tallahassee,
Fla.
Bibliography
Marks, Henry S. “Proceedings of the First Florida
Congressional Delegation.” Florida Historical
Quarterly 44 (January 1966): 205-11; Westcott, James D.
Exposition of the Facts and Law, in the Case of G.G. Westcott,
Esq., Postmaster at Philadelphia. Philadelphia: King &
Baird, 1859.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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