Hugh White (New York)

Hugh White ( born December 25, 1798 in Whitestown, New York, † October 6, 1870 in Waterford, New York ) was an American politician. From 1845 to 1851 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hugh White was born shortly before the end of the 18th century in Whitestown in Oneida County. He attended community schools and graduated in 1823 from Hamilton College in Clinton. Then he studied law, but never practiced. He operated a business in Chittenango in 1825 and then in Rondout. In the construction of the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad, he was actively involved. In 1830 he moved to Cohoes. He sat down heavily and for the construction of a hydropower plant on the Mohawk River. He also founded the Rosendale Cement Works. Politically he belonged to the Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1844 for the 29th Congress White was in the 16th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Chesselden Ellis on March 4, 1845. He was re-elected twice in a row and then retired after March 3, 1851 the Congress of. As a congressman, he chaired the Agriculture Committee ( Committee on Agriculture) in the 30th Congress.

After his conference time he returned to his former business activities. On October 6, 1870, he died in Waterford and was then buried in the Albany Rural Cemetery. At the time of the Civil War was about five years to the end.