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Yulee, David Levy

agriculturist, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1811 in West Indies. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Florida from 1841 to 1845, bearing the name Levy; and as Yulee was a delegate to the convention which formed the state constitution. He was elected a senator in congress in 1845, where he continued until 1861. He died Oct. 10, 1886, in New York city.

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