Roderick White (June 23, 1814 in Springville, then in Niagara Co., now in

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– May 26, 1856 in Olean,

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) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Francis White (1782–1858) and Emma/Amy (Rushmore) White (b. 1787). He married Sarah Nichols (1822–1883), and they had six children. He was a Whig member of the

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(Cattaraugus Co.) in

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. He was a

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member of the

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(32nd D.) in

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and died shortly after the end of the session. He was buried at the Mount View Cemetery in Olean.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 137, 147, 230 and 316; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
His wife's death notice
transcribed from the ''Olean Democrat'' (May 15, 1883), at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Roderick 1814 births 1856 deaths Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state senators People from Olean, New York New York (state) Republicans People from Erie County, New York New York (state) Whigs 19th-century American legislators People from Springville, New York