Dudley A. White

Dudley Allen White (born January 3, 1901 in New London , Huron County , Ohio , †  October 14, 1957 in Delaware , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1941 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Dudley White attended public schools in his home country. In 1918 he graduated from New London High School . During the final stages of World War I , he served in the US Navy in 1918 . He then worked for a rubber factory in Akron in 1919 and 1920 . He also worked in the insurance industry. In 1920 and 1921 he lived in Uhrichsville , where he entered the haberdashery business. He then returned to New London. There he worked between 1921 and 1925 for a company that produced badges of rank and uniforms. He then worked in the newspaper business in Norwalk . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1928 and 1948 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions . From 1929 to 1930 he was also the commander of the American Legion in Ohio.

In the 1936 congressional election , White was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 13th  constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Democrat William L. Fiesinger on January 3, 1937 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1941 . During this time, the last New Deal laws of the Roosevelt government were passed, which White's party was rather opposed to.

In 1940, Dudley White renounced another candidacy for the US House of Representatives. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the US Senate elections . During the Second World War he served again between 1942 and 1946 in the US Navy, in which he reached the rank of captain. He was director of recruiting and position orders. After the war he became a director at Citizens National Bank and president of a broadcaster. In 1954 and 1955 he was the head of the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower . He also continued to work in the newspaper business. At the time of his death, he was editing two newspapers. He died in Delaware on October 14, 1957 and was buried in Norwalk.

Web links

• Dudley A. White in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dudley A. White in the database of Find a Grave (English)