Joseph M. White

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Joseph Mills White (born May 10, 1781 in Franklin County , then Virginia , now Kentucky , †  October 19, 1839 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1837 he represented the Florida Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph White attended public schools in his homeland. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in his new profession. In 1820 he was briefly Attorney General of Kentucky. In 1821 he moved to Pensacola in the then Spanish colony of Florida . There he was a member of the territorial government council and, as a colonel, was commander of the militia. In 1822, White was a member of a commission that analyzed the land ownership situation in Florida after the territory passed from Spain to the United States.

In the congressional elections of 1824 White was elected as a delegate for the Florida Territory to Congress in Washington, DC , where he replaced Richard Keith Call on March 4, 1825 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms by March 3, 1837. These had been determined by the discussions about the politics of President Andrew Jackson since 1829 . Joseph White was not officially a member of any party, but was close to President Jackson's opponents. In 1836 he was not re-elected.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, White wrote a two-volume treatise entitled "New Collection of Laws, Charters, etc of Great Britain, France, and Spain Relating to Cessions of Lands with the Laws of Mexico". It was again about the legal history of land ownership. In 1839, White moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked as a lawyer. There he died on October 19 of the same year. He was the son-in-law of Governor and US Senator John Adair of Kentucky.

Web links

  • Joseph M. White in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)