Kenneth S. White was a member of the
Wisconsin State Senate
The Wisconsin Senate is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Together with the larger Wisconsin State Assembly they constitute the legislative branch of the state of Wisconsin. The powers of the Wisconsin Senate are modeled after t ...
.
Biography
White was born Kenneth Sidney White on January 17, 1897, in
River Falls, Wisconsin
River Falls is a city in Pierce County, Wisconsin, Pierce and St. Croix County, Wisconsin, St. Croix counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is adjacent to the River Falls (town), Wisconsin, Town of River Falls in Pierce County and the Kinnic ...
where he graduated from River Falls High School in 1914. He attended the
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
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, the
University of Minnesota Law School
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and the
University of Wisconsin Law School
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. During
World War I
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, he served with the
United States Army
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in the
American Expeditionary Forces
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.
On June 13, 1924, White married Helen Dorothy Kyle. He died on December 10, 1976.
Political career
White was elected to the Senate in 1936. He had previously been District Attorney of
Pierce County, Wisconsin
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Pierce County is part of the Minneapolis–St. Paul– Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area ...
and a member of the Pierce County Board. From 1954 to 1956, he was a judge on the
Wisconsin Circuit Court
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. Additionally, White was a delegate to the
1936 Republican National Convention
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The convention supported many N ...
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References
External links
The Political Graveyard
People from River Falls, Wisconsin
Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
Wisconsin lawyers
Military personnel from Wisconsin
United States Army soldiers
United States Army personnel of World War I
University of Wisconsin–River Falls alumni
University of Minnesota Law School alumni
University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
1897 births
1976 deaths
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American lawyers
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