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American politician For his uncle, also a politician in Kentucky, see John White (Kentucky politician).

John D. White
A man with dark, wavy hair and bushy sideburns wearing a black jacket and bowtie and white shirt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded byElijah Phister
Succeeded byWilliam P. Taulbee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Preceded byGeorge Madison Adams
Succeeded byThomas Turner
In office
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Preceded byThomas Turner
Succeeded byWilliam W. Culbertson
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office
1879-1880
Personal details
Born(1849-01-16)January 16, 1849
Clay County, Kentucky
DiedJanuary 5, 1920(1920-01-05) (aged 70)
Garrard, Kentucky
Political partyRepublican
RelationsJohn White (uncle)
Samuel Wilber Hager (brother-in-law)
Lawrence W. Hager (nephew)
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
University of Michigan
ProfessionLawyer

John Daugherty White (January 16, 1849 – January 5, 1920) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was nephew of John White and cousin of Addison White and Hugh Lawson White both of whom served in public office.

Biography

Born near Manchester in Clay County, Kentucky, one of six children of Daugherty White and Sarah Watts White. The Whites were a wealthy and politically influential family in Clay County, Kentucky, owning a saltworks and numerous land holdings, and were one side of the notorious Garrard-White Feud. White attended a private school until 1865 and Eminence (Kentucky) College and the University of Kentucky at Lexington until 1870. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1872. He also attended the medical department of the same institution. His sister, Laura Rogers White, was one of the first eight women graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874. He was admitted to the bar by the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1875, and practiced law.

White was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He served as chairman of the Kentucky Republican State convention at Louisville in 1879. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880. He resigned in 1880. He was endorsed and reelected without opposition during the sitting of the legislature. He served as delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1881.

White was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884 and resumed the practice of law in Louisville, Kentucky. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the State Prohibition Party for Governor of Kentucky in 1903. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1912. He died in Garrard, Kentucky on January 5, 1920. He was interred in the family burying ground near Manchester, Kentucky.

References

  1. Laurel County History Museum and Genealogy Center. "Laura R. White: Teacher, Scholar, Architect". Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  2. "John D. White Dead". The Richmond Daily Register. Barbourville, Kentucky. Associated Press. January 6, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved January 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byGeorge M. Adams Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 9th congressional district
1875 – 1877 		Succeeded byThomas Turner
Preceded byThomas Turner Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 9th congressional district
1881 – 1883 		Succeeded byWilliam Culbertson
Preceded byElijah Phister Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 10th congressional district
1883 – 1885 		Succeeded byWilliam P. Taulbee
Kentucky's delegation(s) to the 44th–58th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)
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45th Senate: ▌T. McCreery (D) · ▌J. Beck (D) House:
46th Senate: ▌J. Beck (D) · ▌J. Williams (D) House:
47th Senate: ▌J. Beck (D) · ▌J. Williams (D) House:
48th Senate: ▌J. Beck (D) · ▌J. Williams (D) House:
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