William Henry Brockenbrough (February 23, 1812 – January 28, 1850) was a

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from Florida from 1846 to 1847, and a United States District attorney from 1841 to 1843.The People of Florida Lawmaking He served in the

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representing

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in 1838, 1841, and in 1842 as its president. Born in

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, Brockenbrough studied law, was admitted to the bar and settled in

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. In 1837 he became a member of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida sitting as president in 1842. He became a United States

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1841–1843; upon the admission of Florida as a State into the Union successfully contested as a

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the election of Edward C. Cabell to the

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and served from January 24, 1846, to March 3, 1847; died in Tallahassee, Florida, interred in Episcopal Cemetery.

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