Bartow White

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Bartow White (born November 7, 1776 in Yorktown , New York , † December 12, 1862 in Fishkill , New York) was an American doctor and politician . Between 1825 and 1827 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bartow White was born in Yorktown during the War of Independence . He attended community schools and completed his preparatory studies. White studied medicine with his father, Dr. Ebenezer White, and then began practicing in Fishkill in 1800. Politically, he belonged to the National Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1824 White was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded William W. Van Wyck on March 4, 1825 . He retired from the after March 3, 1827 Congress of. After that he practiced as a doctor again. White took over as elector ( presidential elector ) for the Whig Party in the presidential election of 1840 in part. William Henry Harrison then went out of the race as the winner. White died in Fishkill in the second year of the Civil War on December 12, 1862 and was buried in the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery .

literature

Web links

  • Bartow White in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME White, Bartow
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American doctor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Yorktown , New York
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1862
Place of death Fishkill , New York