Alexander White (October 16, 1816 – December 13, 1893) was an American lawyer from Alabama, who represented

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in the U.S Congress as a Whig (1851–53), and as a

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(1873–75). White was born in

Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020, its population was 83,454 ...

. He moved to

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with his family. White went to the

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. He then served in the

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during the Second Seminole War. He then move to

Talladega, Alabama Talladega (, also ) is the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1835. At the 2020 census, the population was 15,861. Talladega is approximately east of one of the state’s biggest cities, Birmingham. ...

, studied law, and was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1837. He served in the

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from 1851 to 1853 and from 1873 to 1875. He served in the Confederate Army during the

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. He served in the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1865 and then served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1872. He served briefly as Chief Justice of the Utah Territorial Supreme Court in 1875. In 1876 White moved to

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and resumed the practice of law. He died there in 1893 and is buried in Dallas' Greenwood Cemetery.Encyclopedia of Alabama-Alexander White
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biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website
1816 births 1893 deaths Alabama Whigs Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives People from Franklin, Tennessee People from Talladega, Alabama People from Dallas People of Alabama in the American Civil War American people of the Seminole Wars Military personnel from Tennessee University of Tennessee alumni Alabama lawyers Texas lawyers Utah Territorial judges Robert White family of Virginia and West Virginia Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama 19th-century American politicians Chief Justices of the Utah Supreme Court {{Alabama-politician-stub