Chilton Allen White (February 6, 1826 – December 7, 1900) was an American white supremacist, lawyer, and politician. He was a Democrat and a

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from

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from 1861 to 1865.

Early life and education

Born in

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, White attended the public schools and the subscription school run by his father, John D. White, where he befriended Ulysses Grant, a classmate. He taught school. He served in the

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with Company G, First Regiment, Ohio Volunteers. He studied law.

Career

He was

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in 1848 and commenced the practice of law in

. He served as

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of Brown County from 1852 to 1854. He served as member of the

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in 1859 and 1860. White was elected as a

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to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865). His vote on the Thirteenth Amendment is recorded as nay. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress. During the

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, he opposed the use of black soldiers by the U.S. Army, reportedly saying that "This is a Government of white men, made by white men for white men, to be administered, protected, defended, and maintained by white men."Forrest G. Wood, ''Black Scare: The Racist Response to Emancipation and Reconstruction'' (1968), p. 43; citing ''CG'', 37 Cong., 3 Sess. (Feb. 2-5, 1863), pp. 680-690, and Appendix (Feb. 2, 1863), p. 93; White, "Speech". He resumed the practice of law in Georgetown. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1873. He was an unsuccessful candidate for secretary of state in 1896.

Later life and death

He died in

, December 7, 1900. He was interred in Confidence Cemetery.

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