Campbell P. White

Campbell Patrick White (born November 30, 1787 in Ireland , † February 12, 1859 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1835 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Campbell Patrick White received a modest education. He immigrated to the United States in 1816 and then went on to do business in New York City. Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction. In the congressional elections of 1828 White was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded Churchill C. Cambreleng , Jeromus Johnson and Gulian C. Verplanck on March 4, 1829 , who previously represented the third district in the US House of Representatives together. He was re-elected three times in a row, but resigned from his seat in 1835 before the beginning of the 24th Congress . While serving as Congressman, he chaired the Committee on Naval Affairs ( 23rd Congress ). After the end of his tenure, he went back to his commercial business. On January 24, 1831, he was appointed Quartermaster General in the New York Militia . White was a delegate to the New York Constituent Assembly in 1845 . He died on February 12, 1859 in New York City and was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery .

Web links

• Campbell P. White in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)