William Henry Witte (October 4, 1817 – November 24, 1876) was a Democratic member of the

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. William H. Witte was born in the Columbia section of

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. He moved to

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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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