Wilbur M. White

Wilbur M. White

Wilbur McKee White (born February 22, 1890 in Hillsboro , Highland County , Ohio , †  December 31, 1973 in Chillicothe , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1933 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wilbur White attended his homeland public schools including Hillsboro High School . In 1914 he graduated from Marietta College , also in Ohio. Between 1914 and 1915 he worked as a teacher in Marietta ; In 1916 he worked as a correspondent for a Dayton- based newspaper. In the same year he was a soldier in the US Army and was assigned to the border with Mexico during a border conflict with Mexico . During the First World War he served in the infantry of the army and rose to captain. He was used in Italy and France . From 1919 he worked for the Toledo Times , whose managing editor he was between 1925 and 1930. In 1930 and 1931 he was Associate Editor for this newspaper.

Politically, White was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1930 congressional elections he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded William W. Chalmers on March 4, 1931 . Since he was not confirmed in 1932, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1933 . This was shaped by the events of the global economic crisis.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Wilbur White worked for a company in the glass manufacture. Between 1934 and 1958 he was secretary and executive director of the Safety Glass Association . From 1958 to 1961 he worked as a self-employed person for safety on the motorways. Politically, he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress in 1940. He died on December 31, 1973 in Chillicothe and was buried in Hillsboro.

Web links

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

• Wilbur M. White in the database of Find a Grave (English)