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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaEdward Douglass WHITE
(1795-1847)
WHITE, Edward Douglass,
(son of James White and father of Edward Douglass White
[1845-1921]), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Nashville,
Tenn., in March 1795; moved with his father to what is now St.
Martin Parish, La., in 1799; attended the common schools, and was
graduated from the University of Nashville, Tennessee, in 1815;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Donaldsonville, La.; was appointed judge of the city court of New
Orleans and moved there in 1825; elected to the Twenty-first,
Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Congresses and served from March 4,
1829, to November 15, 1834, when he resigned; Governor of Louisiana
from 1834 to 1838; moved to Thibodaux; elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3,
1843); resumed the practice of his profession; also engaged as a
planter; died in New Orleans, La., April 18, 1847; interment in St.
Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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