James Bain White

James Bain White

James Bain White (born June 26, 1835 in Stirlingshire , United Kingdom , †  October 9, 1897 in Fort Wayne , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1889 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James White attended public schools in his Scottish homeland and emigrated to the United States in 1854, where he settled in Fort Wayne. There he worked in calico printing and as a tailor. During the civil war he was a captain in the Union army until December 1862 . In April 1862 he was wounded during the Battle of Shiloh .

After the war, White became the owner of a department store. As a Wagner he was also involved in the manufacture of bicycles and entered the banking industry. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1874, he entered the Fort Wayne City Council. In the congressional election of 1886 , White was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Robert Lowry on March 4, 1887 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Charles McClellan in 1888 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1889 .

In 1892, James White was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis , where President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for re-election. In 1893 he was representative of his state for the implementation of the World's Fair in Chicago . He died on October 9, 1897 in Fort Wayne, where he was also buried.

Web links

• James Bain White in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Bain White in the database of Find a Grave (English)