US Congressman. He represented the State of Alabama in the United State House of Representatives from 1851 to 1853 as a member of the Whig Party and winning by a mere 400 votes, and he served again as a Republican from 1873 to 1875. In 1872 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Supporting equal but separate facilities, White drafted the endorsement of civil and political equality of all men, free public schools, and efforts to stimulate labor and industry in the state. He attended the University of Tennessee. During the Second Seminole War, he served in the United States Army. After relocating to Talladega where he had a plantation, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He supported slavery but not succession from the Union. During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a private and became a prisoner of war at the Battle of Selma. After the war, he served in the Alabama Constitutional Convention in 1865. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1872. He served briefly as Chief Justice of the Utah Territorial Supreme Court in 1875. In 1876 he relocated to Dallas, Texas, resuming his law practice until his death. He married Eliza McAuley of Autauga County, with whom he had at least one child. In 1855, after his first wife's death, he married Narcissa Rodgers and the couple had four children.
US Congressman. He represented the State of Alabama in the United State House of Representatives from 1851 to 1853 as a member of the Whig Party and winning by a mere 400 votes, and he served again as a Republican from 1873 to 1875. In 1872 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Supporting equal but separate facilities, White drafted the endorsement of civil and political equality of all men, free public schools, and efforts to stimulate labor and industry in the state. He attended the University of Tennessee. During the Second Seminole War, he served in the United States Army. After relocating to Talladega where he had a plantation, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He supported slavery but not succession from the Union. During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a private and became a prisoner of war at the Battle of Selma. After the war, he served in the Alabama Constitutional Convention in 1865. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1872. He served briefly as Chief Justice of the Utah Territorial Supreme Court in 1875. In 1876 he relocated to Dallas, Texas, resuming his law practice until his death. He married Eliza McAuley of Autauga County, with whom he had at least one child. In 1855, after his first wife's death, he married Narcissa Rodgers and the couple had four children.
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