Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (1877 - 1952)

Born 6 Aug 1877 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Mar 1952 at age 74 in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Preceded by Arthur R. Gould

Wallace H. White Jr. US Senator (Class 2) from Maine 1931—1949

Succeeded by Margaret Chase Smith

Biography

Wallace White Jr. is Notable.

Name

Wallace Humphrey White^[1][2]

Birth

Born :06 AUG 1877 at Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA^[3][4]

Death

Died 31 MAR 1952 at Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA^[5][6]

Burial

APR 1952

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine^[7]

Residence

Androscoggin, Maine, USA^[8]

1930

Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine^[9]

1880

Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Wallace Humphrey White
2. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Wallace Humphrey White
3. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Wallace Humphrey White
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5. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Wallace Humphrey White
6. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Wallace Humphrey White
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9. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Wallace Humphrey White
10. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Wallace Humphrey White

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Wallace Humphrey White, Jr.

United States Senator

from Maine

In office

March 4, 1931 - January 3, 1949

Preceded by Arthur R. Gould

Succeeded by Margaret C. Smith

6th United States Senate Majority Leader

In office

January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949

Preceded by Alben W. Barkley

Succeeded by Scott Wike Lucas

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

from Maine's 2nd district

In office

March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1931

Preceded by Daniel J. McGillicuddy

Succeeded by Donald B. Partridge

Born August 6, 1877(1877-08-06)

Lewiston, Maine

Died March 31, 1952 (aged 74)

Auburn, Maine

Political party Republican

Alma mater Bowdoin College

Wallace Humphrey White, Jr. (August 6, 1877-March 31, 1952) was a prominent American politician and Republican leader in United States Congress from 1916 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he was Senate Minority Leader and later Majority Leader before his retirement.

White was born in Lewiston. His grandfather, William P. Frye, was also a prominent political figure, having served as a Senator from Maine and President pro tempore. In 1899, White graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick. After graduating, he became the assistant clerk to the Senate Committee on Commerce and later secretary to his grandfather. White studied law and was admitted to the bar, afterward beginning to practice in Lewiston.

The political career of White began when he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. He took office on March 4 of the following year and served until March 3, 1931 (65th-71st Congresses). He left the House in 1931 after being elected to the Senate in late 1930.

In Congress, White served as chairman of the House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (66th Congress), the House Committee on Woman Suffrage (67th through 69th Congresses), the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (70th and 71st Congresses), and the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (80th Congress). He also served as a presidential appointee on a variety of commissions.

White was reelected in 1936 and 1942 and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1949. He was elected minority leader by his colleagues (1944-1947), and became majority leader when his party held a majority in the 80th Congress (1947-1949). According to John Gunther's 1947 book Inside U.S.A., as the titular party floor leader, "his chief function is to hold the balance between two much more dominant and vivid men, Taft and Vandenberg...Everybody likes White; few people pay much attention to him."

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1948. White died in Auburn and is interred at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery.

[edit] External links

* Wallace H. White, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

* Wallace H. White, Jr. at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives

Preceded by

Daniel J. McGillicuddy Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

from Maine's 2nd congressional district

1917 - 1931 Succeeded by

Donald B. Partridge

United States Senate

Preceded by

Arthur R. Gould United States Senator (Class 2) from Maine

1931 - 1949

Served alongside: Frederick Hale, Owen Brewster Succeeded by

Margaret Chase Smith

Party political offices

Preceded by

Charles L. McNary

Oregon Senate Republican Leader

1945 - 1949

Acting: 1943 - 1945 Succeeded by

Kenneth S. Wherry

Nebraska

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Andrew White for creating WikiTree profile White-12057 through the import of APW_2013-03-26.ged on Mar 26, 2013.

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