Phineas White
| Phineas White | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 2nd congressional district | |
| In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Richards |
| Succeeded by | William Czar Bradley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 30, 1770 South Hadley, Massachusetts |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Putney, Vermont |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Profession | law, congressman |
Phineas White (October 30, 1770 - July 6, 1847) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Vermont.
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Biography
White was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts to Dea. Enoch White and Esther Stevens.[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1797. He studied law with the Honorable Charles Marsh of Woodstock, Vermont and Judge Porter of Dummerston, Vermont. He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Pomfret, Vermont, where he resided until his death. White married Elizabeth Stevens on July 5, 1801.[2]
He was Register of Probate for Windsor County from 1800 to 1809, Postmaster of Putney from 1802 to 1809 and county attorney in 1813. White served as judge of Windham County in 1814, 1815 and 1817, and was chief judge of Windham County from 1818 to 1820. White was probate judge of the district of Westminster from 1814 to 1815.[3]
White was a member of the constitutional convention in 1814 and served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1815 to 1820. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, and served from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823.[4][5] White was again a member of the state constitutional convention in 1836 and also served in the Vermont Senate in 1836 and 1837.
White served as a trustee of Middlebury College, President of the Vermont Bible Society, and President of the Vermont Colonization Society. He belonged to the Masonic Order and was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Vermont.[6]
Death
White died on July 6, 1847 in Putney, Vermont and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.[7]
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- Phineas White at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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- Digital Collections at Middlebury
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 2nd congressional district 1821–1823 |
Succeeded by William C. Bradley |
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- 1770 births
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- People from South Hadley, Massachusetts
- Vermont Democratic-Republicans
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont
- Dartmouth College alumni
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