Scott White (politician, 1856)

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Scott White (born December 17, 1856 in La Grange , Texas , † March 4, 1935 in Prescott , Arizona ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Scott White, son of Fannie M. Hamlett (1832-1915) and John W. White (1827-1896), was born in Fayette County in 1856 and grew up there. His father was a trader. The family was of English descent and had lived in the southern states for several generations . She settled in Virginia in the early part of the 17th century . His mother was in Semora ( North Carolina born). Scott White had at least two brothers: James (1863–1867) and Turner (1874–1944). His childhood was overshadowed by the civil war. He attended Trinity University in Tehuacana, Texas and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He then worked as a tax collector, prospector and drover and moved to the Arizona Territory before 1887 .

White also had a political career. He served in the Arizona Territory House of Representatives in 1887 and on the Cochise County County Council from 1891 to 1892 . From 1893 to 1894 he held the post of sheriff of Cochise County. He then worked from 1895 to 1896 as a clerk at the District Court of Cochise County. From 1897 to 1900 he was again sheriff of Cochise County.

In 1900 he took up a position as Secretary of the Greene Consolidated Copper Mining Company . In 1901 White became treasurer of the La Cananea Consolidated Copper Mining Company, a Mexican subsidiary of the Greene Consolidated Copper Mining Company, which operated the La Cananea Copper Mines in the Mexican state of Sonora . He was also a senior executive at a number of other mining companies operating in the Arizona Territory and the Mexican state of Sonora. From 1918 to 1923 he was United States Land Office Receiver of Public Monies and from 1926 to 1927 Arizona State Prison Superintendent in Florence .

In the 1930 elections, he successfully ran for the post of Secretary of State of Arizona. He then suffered a defeat in his re-election for the democratic nomination in 1932. He held the post from 1931 to 1933.

He died on March 4, 1935 in Pioneers' Home in Prescott, Yavapai County .

White was a member of the Cochise Lodge No. 5 of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Tombstone Chapter No. 4 of the Royal Arch Masons, the Knights Templar in Tucson ( Pima County ), the El Zaribah Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Phoenix ( Maricopa County ), the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Tucson Lodge No. 385 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks .

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  1. ↑ a b Frannie M. White in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ John W. White in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ Scott White in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Turner White in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 6, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME White, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH La Grange , Texas
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1935
Place of death Prescott , Arizona