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Leonard White (politician)

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Leonard White
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Preceded byEdward St. Loe Livermore
Succeeded byTimothy Pickering
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1809–1811
Personal details
Born(1767-05-03)May 3, 1767
Haverhill, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedOctober 10, 1849(1849-10-10) (aged 82)
Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
Alma materHarvard University

Leonard White (May 3, 1767 – October 10, 1849) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1787. On August 21, 1794, White married Mary Dalton of Newbury and he later became a member of the state House of Representatives (1809–11).[1] He was elected as a Federalist to the Twelfth United States Congress (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). He served as town clerk of Haverhill and cashier of the Merrimack Bank of Haverhill (1814-1836), and held many other local offices. He is interred in Pentucket Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ Adams Family Correspondence, ed. C. James Taylor et al, 12 vols. to date (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011), 10:8
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  • United States Congress. "Leonard White (id: W000385)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Succeeded by