Michael D. White

Michael Doherty White ( born September 8, 1827 Clark County, Ohio; † February 6, 1917 in Crawfordsville, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1879 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Already in 1829, Michael White came with his parents in the Tippecanoe County in Indiana, where he received a classical education. In 1848 he moved to Crawfordsville, where he attended Wabash College. He then worked for a year as a store clerk. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1854 admitted to the bar he began in Crawfordsville along with Lew Wallace, later to be known for his novel "Ben Hur" to work in this profession. In the years 1854-1856 was White Attorney in Montgomery and in Boone County.

Politically, White joined the Republican Party. Between 1860 and 1864 he was a member of the Senate of Indiana. In the congressional elections of 1876 he was in the ninth constituency of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas J. Cason on March 4, 1877. Since he resigned in 1878 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1879.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Michael White practiced as a lawyer until 1911 in Crawfordsville. Then he withdrew into retirement. He died on 6 February 1917 at the age of 89 years.