About William Henry Witte
Lived 1817 – 1876 (aged 59). William Henry Witte was an American politician and journalist.
William Henry Witte (October 4, 1817 – November 24, 1876) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William H. Witte was born in the Columbia section of Knowlton Township, New Jersey. He moved to Springtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Philadelphia in 1840, and engaged in mercantile pursuits and the real estate business.
Witte was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress. He was engaged in newspaper work and resumed real estate interests. He died in Philadelphia in 1876. Interment in Durham Cemetery in Durham Township, Pennsylvania.
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American politician (1817–1876)
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William Henry Witte was born on 4 October 1817.
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William Henry Witte died on 24 November 1876 in Philadelphia.
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William Henry Witte was a politician and journalist.
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