Harry White (politician)

Harry White

Harry White (born January 12, 1834 in Indiana , Indiana County , Pennsylvania , †  June 23, 1920 there ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1881 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harry White attended the Indiana Academy and then studied at Princeton College until 1854 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1855, he began to work in this profession in his hometown of Indiana. During the Civil War he served as a major in the Union Army . During his military service he was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate as a member of the Republican Party , and attended its sessions in 1862 and 1863. After that he was taken prisoner of war.

After the war, White continued his political career. Between 1865 and 1874 he was again a member and in his last year even President of the State Senate. In 1872 he took part as a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state. In the same year he applied unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Pennsylvania. In the congressional election of 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 25th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat George A. Jenks on March 4, 1877 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1881 .

In 1880 Harry White renounced another congressional candidacy. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, he was a judge in Indiana County from 1894 to 1904. After that he practiced as a lawyer again. He also got into the banking industry. He died on June 23, 1920 in Indiana, the city of his birth, where he was buried.

Web links

• Harry White in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Harry White in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
George A. Jenks	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (25th constituency) March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881	James Mosgrove