James Bamford White (June 6, 1842 – March 25, 1931) was an American educator, lawyer, Confederate

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veteran, and politician who served one term as a

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from

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

from 1901 to 1903.

Biography

Born near

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, White attended the common schools and the Mount Zion Academy,

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. He entered the

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in the fall of 1863 and served in the commands of Generals Breckinridge and Morgan until the close of the

, when he was honorably discharged. He engaged in teaching at

Irvine, Kentucky Irvine () is a home rule-class city in Estill County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. Its population was 2,715 at the time of the 2010 census. Geography Irvine is located in the center of Estill County at (37.69 ...

. He studied law while teaching. He was

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in 1867 and commenced the practice of law in Irvine. He served as prosecuting attorney of Estill County 1872–1880.

Congress

White was elected as a

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to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903).

Later career and death

He continued the practice of his profession in

, until his retirement in 1919. He died in

, March 25, 1931. He was interred in Oakdale Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, James Bamford 1842 births 1931 deaths Confederate States Army soldiers Kentucky lawyers People from Clark County, Kentucky Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky