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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North Carolina / TennesseeJames WHITE
(1749-1809)
WHITE, James, (father of
Edward Douglass White [1795-1847] and grandfather of Edward
Douglass White [1845-1921]), a Delegate from North Carolina and
from the Territory South of the River Ohio (now the State of
Tennessee); born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 16, 1749; attended a
Jesuit College in St. Omer, France; returned to the United States
and studied medicine in the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia; also studied law; moved to North Carolina and settled
in Davidson County; member of the North Carolina General Assembly
in 1785; Member of the Continental Congress from North Carolina
1786-1788; superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern
district in 1786; after the creation of the Territory South of the
River Ohio (later the State of Tennessee) in 1790, served in the
house of representatives of the first Territorial legislature from
Davidson County in 1794; elected as a Delegate to the Third and
Fourth Congresses from the Territory South of the River Ohio and
served from September 3, 1794, to June 1, 1796, when the Territory
was admitted into the Union as the State of Tennessee; moved to
Louisiana in 1799; appointed judge of Attakapas district in 1804
and later of St. Martin Parish; died in Attakapas, La., in October
1809.
Bibliography
Reeves, William Dale. Paths to Distinction: Dr. James White,
Governor E. D. White, and Chief Justice Edward Douglass White of
Louisiana. Thibodaux, La.: Friends of the Edward Douglass White
Historic Site, 1999.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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