James P. Heath (December 21, 1777 – June 12, 1854) was a

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from

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Biography

Early life

Heath was born in

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. He served in the Regular Army as lieutenant of Engineers from 1799 to 1802, as register in chancery in

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, and served throughout the

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as aide-de-camp to General

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Political life

He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, where he served from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress.

Death

He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and is interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown.

References

1777 births 1854 deaths Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Maryland-politician-stub