Rep. Henry Marie Brackenridge

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Henry Marie Brackenridge, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 11, 1786; instructed by his father and private tutors; attended a French academy at St. Genevieve, La.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1806 and practiced in Somerset, Pa., until 1810; appointed deputy attorney general of the Territory of Orleans (Louisiana) in 1811; district judge of Louisiana in 1812; appointed secretary of a mission to South America in 1817; judge for the western district of Florida 1821-1832; returned to Pennsylvania in 1832 and became owner of a large tract of land upon which he founded the town of Tarentum, Pa.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard Biddle and served from October 13, 1840, to March 3, 1841; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1840; member of the commission under the treaty with Mexico in 1841; engaged in literary pursuits until his death in Pittsburgh, Pa., January 18, 1871; interment in Prospect Cemetery, Brackenridge, Pa.

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Henry M. Brackenridge
Born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Brackenridge lived an eventful life. He studied law, learned Spanish and French, and went up the Missouri River for botanical studies only five years after the famous Lewis and Clark's historic expedition up that river. President James Monroe then appointed him to visit and study several South American countries seeking independence. In 1821, Brackenridge met up with Gen. Andrew Jackson's entourage in New Orleans, and Jackson asked him to join him in Pensacola, knowing that his legal background and fluency in languages would aid in the transition of Florida from Spain to America. Jackson appointed Brackenridge alcalde of Pensacola, the chief administrative and judicial officer, and Brackenridge was instrumental in smoothing the transition of the governments.

In 1822, President Monroe appointed him federal judge for the district of West Florida. Brackenridge bought land on the Gulf Breeze peninsula and did research on the cultivation of live oak trees for the U.S. Navy. With the support of President John Quincy Adams, from 1828-1832, Brackenridge was the superintendent of the Naval Live Oaks Reservation, the nation's first experimental forestry station. But unfortunately for Brackenridge, he fell victim to Jacksonian politics and was not reappointed federal judge in 1832. Disillusioned, Brackenridge left Florida permanently and returned to live out his days on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania, dying in 1871. Found in the Pensacola, Florida News Paper Pnj.com2021May02

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