Samuel White (U.S. politician)

Samuel White (* December 1770 in Harrington, Delaware, † November 4, 1809 in Wilmington, Delaware ) was an American politician ( Federalist Party), who represented the state of Delaware in the U.S. Senate.

Samuel White was the son of a judge, Thomas White, a native of England Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury hidden in his house during the Revolutionary War and was imprisoned on suspicion of being a loyalist. Under the influence of Asbury previously Anglican White family converted to Methodism.

After graduating from Cokesbury College in Maryland Samuel White was admitted to the bar in 1793 and commenced practice as a lawyer in Dover. He then served two years as a Captain in the U.S. Army and eventually became 1803 as Adjutant General, the highest ranking military officer of Delaware.

Like his father, who had been sitting in the territorial parliament of Maryland, Samuel White also suggested a political career. Following the resignation of U.S. Senator Henry Latimer on 28 February 1801, he was appointed to succeed him in Washington. In the years 1802 and 1808 respectively, the confirmation by Delaware's Parliament took place. In the Senate, he made himself as an opponent of slavery and the Louisiana Purchase a name. White died before his 39th birthday in his hometown of Wilmington. At the time of his death he was one faced by only seven Federalists in the Senate, where 27 Democratic Republicans.