Albert Smith White
Albert Smith White | |
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Member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | |
Preceded by | Edward A. Hannegan |
Succeeded by | Tilghman A. Howard |
United States Senator from Indiana | |
In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845 | |
Preceded by | John Tipton |
Succeeded by | Jesse D. Bright |
Member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th district | |
In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | |
Preceded by | James Wilson |
Succeeded by | Godlove S. Orth |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana | |
In office January 18, 1864 – September 4, 1864 | |
Appointed by | Abraham Lincoln |
Preceded by | Caleb Blood Smith |
Succeeded by | David McDonald |
Personal details | |
Born | Orange County, New York, US | October 24, 1803
Died | September 4, 1864 Stockwell, Indiana, US | (aged 60)
Alma mater | Union College |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Judge |
Albert Smith White (October 24, 1803 – September 4, 1864) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from the state of Indiana.
White was born in Orange County, New York. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady in 1822, after which he studied law; he entered practice as a lawyer in 1825. After a time he moved to Lafayette, Indiana, where he worked as the assistant clerk of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1831–32, moving up to the full clerkship in 1832-35. He also ran for the House in 1832, but was defeated.
1836 proved a more successful year for White; he served as a presidential elector on the Whig ticket, and was himself elected as a Whig to the 25th Congress (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839). After a single term in the House, White ran for the Senate in the 1838 election.
White won election to the Senate, where he served as chairman of two committees: the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses, and the Committee on Indian Affairs. White declined to stand for reelection.
After leaving the Senate, he returned to Indiana, moving to the town of Stockwell, where he once again took up law, and also served as the president of several railroads, including the Indianapolis and La Fayette Railroad and the Wabash and Western Railroad.[1] In the 1860 election, he re-entered politics, running as a Republican for the House.
White was elected to the House again, serving from March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863. He was a member of the select committee on emancipation. After his first term, he again did not run for reelection. After White left the House, President Abraham Lincoln named him a member of a commission that would judge claims from citizens against the government for not protecting them from Indian attacks. After his service there, he was made a judge on the U.S. District Court for Indiana. He served in this capacity until his death in Stockwell in 1864, when he was interred in Greenbush Cemetery in Lafayette.
References
- ^ "Albert Smith White". Indiana GenWeb. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
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(help) cites original source as: Towne Memorial Fund (1864–1871). Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vol. VI (1905 reprint ed.). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 32.
External links
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- United States Congress. "Albert Smith White (id: W000351)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-21
- "Albert Smith White". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- 1803 births
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- United States Senators from Indiana
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- Members of the Indiana House of Representatives
- United States presidential electors, 1836
- Indiana lawyers
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- 19th-century American railroad executives
- Union College (New York) alumni
- People from Lafayette, Indiana
- People from Orange County, New York
- People of Indiana in the American Civil War
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana
- Indiana Republicans
- United States federal judges appointed by Abraham Lincoln
- 19th-century American judges
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