Allison White (December 21, 1816 – April 5, 1886) was a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Early life and education
White was born in
Pine Township, near
Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
Jersey Shore is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is on the West Branch Susquehanna River, west by south of Williamsport. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, Jerse ...
. He attended the public schools and was graduated from
Allegheny College
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, mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1)
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in
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Meadville is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The city is within of Erie and within of Pittsburgh. It was the first permanent settlement in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The population was 13,388 at the 2010 censu ...
.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Lock Haven is the county seat of Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, it is the principal city of the Lock Haven Micropolitan Statistical Area, ...
.
Congress
White was elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-fifth Congress. He served as chairman of the
. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1858.
Later career and death
He engaged in the lumber and coal business at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, eventually forming a partnership with Charles and
Edward Julius Berwind
Edward Julius Berwind (June 17, 1848 – August 18, 1936) was the founder of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company. He was head of the company from 1886 until 1930.
Early life
Berwind was born on June 17, 1848 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He w ...
that currently exists as the
Berwind Corporation
Berwind Corporation (previously also known as Berwind-White Coal Mining Company) is a large privately held American corporation historically involved in the coal industry. Today it is a diversified company involved in property leasing and owner ...
.
White died in Philadelphia in 1886. He was interred in Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven.
Sources
Allison Whitein ''The Political Graveyard''
1816 births
1886 deaths
Pennsylvania lawyers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Allegheny College alumni
19th-century American legislators
Politicians from Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
19th-century American lawyers
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