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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | David Levy Yulee |
| Address |
Homasassa, Florida , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
June 12, 1810
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| Died | October 10, 1886
(76 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Oct 15, 2018 11:13pm |
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| Info | YULEE, David Levy, a Delegate and a Senator from Florida; born David Levy in St. Thomas, West Indies, June 12, 1810; at the age of nine was sent to the United States to Norfolk, Va. to attend a private school; studied law in St. Augustine, Fla.; admitted to the bar in 1836 and practiced in St. Augustine, Fla.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1838; clerk to the Territorial legislature in 1841
Florida Territorial delegate ("Whig-Democratic") 1841-1845; did not seek renomination.
One of Florida's two initial U.S. Senators (D) 1845-1851; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses), Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-first Congress); by an act of the Florida Legislature and at his request his name was changed to David Levy Yulee in 1846
U.S. Senate (D-FL) 1855-1861; chairman, Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses)
Due to his support of the Confederacy, was a prisoner at Fort Pulaski in 1865; president of the Florida Railroad Company 1853-1866; president of Peninsular Railroad Company, Tropical Florida Railway Company, and Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad Company; known as the “Father of Florida’s railroads”; moved to Washington, D.C., in 1880; died in New York City, October 10, 1886; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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