Westcott, James Diament, 1802-1880

found: Ever Glades of the peninsula of Florida ... 1848:title page (J. D. Westcott, Jr. )

found: OCLC, Aug. 15, 2006(access points: Westcott, James Diament, 1802-1880 ; usage: James Diament Westcott, Jr.; J. D. Westcott, Jr.; James D. Westcott, Jr.)

found: Florida State University, Special Collections & Archive, viewed February 13, 2015:Westcott family papers, 1846-1931, Finding aid (Lawyer, politician. James Diament Westcott, Jr., was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 10, 1802. He received a liberal education, and studied law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1824, and became a clerk in the Consular Bureau, Washington, D.C. He was secretary of Florida Territory from 1830-1834, United States attorney for the middle district of Florida 1834-1836, a member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1832, and a delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1838 and 1839. After Florida became a state, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from July 1, 1845, to March 3, 1849, and served on various committees. He settled in New York City in 1850, and practiced law, and in 1862, he moved to Canada. Though he died in Montreal, Canada, on January 19,1880, he is interred in the City Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida) - http://fsuarchon.fcla.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=3308&q=&rootcontentid=162235