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| Affiliation | Jacksonian |
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| Name | Robert Desha |
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, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
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January 14, 1791
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| Died | February 06, 1849
(58 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | DESHA, Robert, (brother of Joseph Desha), a Representative from Tennessee; born near Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., January 14, 1791; attended the public schools; engaged in the mercantile business at Gallatin; appointed on March 12, 1812, a captain in the Twenty-fourth Regiment, United States Infantry, in the War of 1812; also served as brevet major; honorably discharged on June 15, 1815; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1830 for the Twenty-second Congress; moved to Mobile, Ala., and continued mercantile pursuits until his death there February 6, 1849; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
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