Born near
Hillsboro, Ohio, White was educated in the rural schools and the Hillsboro High School.
Marietta College, (Ohio) College, M.A., 1914. He engaged in teaching at
Marietta, Ohio, in 1914 and 1915. Correspondent for a
Dayton, Ohio, newspaper in 1916. He served in the
United States Army on the Mexican border as a private and first sergeant in Company H, Third Ohio Infantry, in 1916. During the
First World War served from August 15, 1917, as a first lieutenant and later as a captain in the Three Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment, United States Infantry, in
Italy and
France. Associated with the Toledo Times in 1919 and served as managing editor 1925-1930 and associate editor in 1930 and 1931.
Congress White was elected as a
Republican to the
Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 and for election in 1940 to the
Seventy-seventh Congress.
Later career and death He was employed in a glass manufacturing concern in 1933. He served as secretary and as executive director of the Safety Glass Association 1934-1958. He engaged in independent highway safety work 1958-1961. He died in
Chillicothe, Ohio, December 31, 1973. He was interred in
Hillsboro Cemetery,
Hillsboro, Ohio. ==Sources==