Francis White (politician)

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Francis White (* before 1794 in Winchester , Virginia , † November 1826 in Hampshire County , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1815 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis White attended public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. He also embarked on a political career as a member of the Federalist Party . In 1794 and from 1809 to 1813 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1812 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of his state , where he succeeded John Baker on March 4, 1813 . Until March 3, 1815, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was from the events of the British-American War embossed.

In 1818 White sat again in the Virginia House of Representatives. In 1823 and 1824 he was a member of the State Senate . Since December 9, 1823, he served as sheriff in Hampshire County. He died on the Capon River in November 1826 .

Web links

  • Francis White in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME White, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH before 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH near Winchester , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH November 1826
Place of death Hampshire County , Virginia