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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJoseph Livingston WHITE
(Â1861)
WHITE, Joseph Livingston,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies;
studied law in Utica, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar, and commenced
practice in Madison, Ind.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh
Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); moved to New York City and
resumed the practice of law; while on a business trip to Nicaragua,
Central America, he was shot by a Mr. Gavett as he was leaving the
ship at Corinto (Punta Ycacos), Nicaragua, January 5, 1861, dying
at Corinto on January 12, 1861; interment in the cemetery at
Corinto, Nicaragua.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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