John Daugherty White (January 16, 1849 – January 5, 1920) was a

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from

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, nephew of John White and cousin of

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and

Hugh Lawson White Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder ...

both of whom served in public office.

Biography

Born near

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, one of six children of Daugherty White and Sarah Watts White. The Whites were a wealthy and politically influential family in Clay County, Kentucky, owning a saltworks and numerous land holdings, and were one side of the notorious Garrard-White Feud. White attended a private school until 1865 and Eminence (Kentucky) College and the

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at Lexington until 1870. He was graduated from the law department of the

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in 1872. He also attended the medical department of the same institution. His sister,

Laura Rogers White Laura Rogers White (December 11, 1852 – ) was the first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of science degree. She studied to be an architect but largely did not practice due to family obligations and lack of oppo ...

, was one of the first eight women graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874. He was admitted to the bar by the

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in 1875 and practiced. White was elected as a

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to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He served as chairman of the Kentucky Republican State convention at

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in 1879. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880. He resigned in 1880. He was endorsed and reelected without opposition during the sitting of the legislature. He served as delegate to the

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. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the

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in 1881. White was elected as a

to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884 and resumed the practice of law in

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the State

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for

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in 1903. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the

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for judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1912. He died in

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on January 5, 1920. He was interred in the family burying ground near

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, John Daugherty 1849 births 1920 deaths Kentucky lawyers Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives People from Clay County, Kentucky Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky Kentucky Progressives (1912) Kentucky Prohibitionists University of Kentucky alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni University of Michigan Medical School alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky