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William Henry Witte
William Henry
Witte
was a
Democratic
member of the U.S.
House of Representatives
from
Pennsylvania
.
William H. Witte was born in the
Columbia
section of
Knowlton Township, New Jersey
. He moved to
Springtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
. He moved to
Philadelphia
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
.