Joseph L. White

Joseph Livingston White ( * in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, † January 12, 1861 in Corinto, Nicaragua ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph White's date of birth is not known. He attended primary school of his native land. After a subsequent study of law in Utica and his admission to the bar he began in Madison (Indiana) to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1840 White was the third electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Carr on March 4, 1841. Until March 3, 1842, he was able to complete a term in Congress. This was overshadowed by the dispute between Whites Party and the new President John Tyler. It has also been discussed in Congress of a possible annexation of Mexico since 1836 by unäbhängigen Republic of Texas.

Later Joseph White moved to New York City, where he practiced law. He was shot on a business trip on 12 January 1861 near the exit of his ship in the Nicaraguan port city of Corinto by a man named Gavett. The backgrounds are indeed not known. He was buried in Corinto.