Phineas White

Phineas White (born October 30, 1770 in South Hadley , Hampshire County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † July 6, 1847 in Putney , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Phineas White attended Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ) until 1797 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1800, he began working in his new profession in Pomfret (Vermont). Between 1800 and 1809 he was also employed by the Probate Court in Windsor County . From 1814 to 1820, White was a multiple judge in Windham County . In 1814 and 1815 he was a judge at the Probate Court in the Westminster, Vermont district .

Politically, White was a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In 1814 he was a member of a convention to revise the Vermont state constitution and from 1815 to 1820 he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives . In 1820 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second district of Vermont . There he took over from Mark Richards on March 4, 1821 . In Congress , he completed a legislative period until March 3, 1823.

In 1836 White was again a member of an assembly to revise the state constitution. From 1836 to 1837 he was a member of the Vermont Senate . He was also a curator of Middlebury College . Phineas White died in Putney in July 1847.

Web links

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

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