Born in
Cambridge, Ohio, White attended the common schools and Cambridge Academy. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He studied law. He was
admitted to the bar in 1844, and commenced practice in Cambridge. He served as prosecuting attorney of Guernsey County 1845-1847. He served as mayor of Cambridge. He served as delegate to the
1860 Democratic National Convention.
Congress White was elected as a
Democrat to the
Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865). He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1864 to the
Thirty-ninth Congress.
Later career and death He resumed the practice of law. He died in
Cambridge, Ohio, August 6, 1892. He was interred in the South Cemetery. ==Sources==