Gideon Barstow (September 7, 1783 – March 26, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from

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. Born in

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, Barstow attended the common schools and

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from 1799 to 1801. He studied medicine, was admitted to practice and settled in

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. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1820. Barstow was elected as a

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to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1822. He served as member of the

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, and served in the

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. He served as presidential elector on the Whig ticket of Clay and Sergeant in 1832. He moved to

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, because of ill health and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Barstow died in St. Augustine March 26, 1852 and was interred in

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