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BEESON, Henry White (1791-1863)

Democrat of Pennsylvania

20th congressional district

Served in House 1841-1843

Total roll-call votes cast: 752

Biography

Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., September 14, 1791; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; colonel in the Fayette County Militia; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Enos Hook and served from May 31, 1841, to March 3, 1843; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits; died in North Union Township, near Uniontown, Pa., October 28, 1863; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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