William Henry Brockenbrough, U.S. Representative

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William Henry Brockenbrough (February 23, 1812 – January 28, 1850) was a US Representative from Florida.

Born in Virginia, Brockenbrough studied law, was admitted to the bar and settled in Tallahassee, Florida. In 1837 he became a member of the State house of representatives and served in the State senate from 1840 to 1844, sitting as president in 1842. He became a United States district attorney 1841–1843; upon the admission of Florida as a State into the Union successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Edward C. Cabell to the Twenty-ninth United States Congress and served from January 24, 1846, to March 3, 1847; died in Tallahassee, Fla.; interment in the Episcopal Cemetery.