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WHITE, George Henry (1852-1918)
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WHITE, GEORGE HENRY, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Rosindale, Bladen County, N.C., December 18, 1852; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Howard University, Washington, D.C., in 1877; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in New Bern, N.C.; principal of the State Normal School of North Carolina; member of the State house of representatives in 1881; served in the State senate in 1885; solicitor and prosecuting attorney for the second judicial district of North Carolina 1886-1894; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1896 and 1900; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in banking; died in Philadelphia, Pa., December 28, 1918; interment in Eden Cemetery.

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  • ___. "Congressman George Henry White, His Major Power Base." Negro History Bulletin 39 (March 1976): 554-55.
  • ___. "Four in Black: North Carolina's Black Congressmen, 1874-1901." Journal of Negro History 64 (Summer 1979): 229-43.
  • ___. "The Post-Congressional Career of George H. White, 1901-1918." Journal of Negro History 61 (October 1976): 362-73.