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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaJoseph M. WHITE
(1781-1839)
WHITE, Joseph M., a
Delegate from Florida Territory; born in Franklin County, Ky., May
10, 1781; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted
to the bar and practiced; moved to Pensacola, Fla., 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 and to the
five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1837);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-fifth 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; died in
St. Louis, Mo., October 19, 1839.
Bibliography
Dibble, Ernest F. Joseph Mills White: Anti-Jacksonian
Floridian. Cocoa, FL: The Florida Historical Society Press,
2003.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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