Leonard White (May 3, 1767October 10, 1849) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from

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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).''Adams Family Correspondence'', ed. C. James Taylor et al, 12 vols. to date (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011), 10:8 He was elected as a

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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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Leonard Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Harvard University alumni 1767 births 1849 deaths Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts