Wallace H. White, Jr.

Wallace Humphrey White, Jr. ( born August 6 1877 in Lewiston, Maine, † March 31, 1952 in Auburn, Maine ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Maine in both chambers of Congress.

Wallace White, whose grandfather William P. Frye was also sitting 1871-1911 for Maine in Congress, made in 1899 graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick. He then worked as Administrative Officer ( Assistant Clerk ) of the Trade Committee of the Senate and as Secretary for his grandfather. Moreover, he studied law and began practicing in Lewiston after admission to the Bar Association.

In 1916, White was chosen for Maine House of Representatives of the United States. He took advantage of his position from March 4, 1917 and was re-elected several times before retiring on March 3, 1931 from the parliamentary chamber and moved to the Senate within the Congress. Again, he was confirmed in 1936 and 1942 respectively in office. In addition, in 1944 he was elected Minority Leader of the Republican minority faction; when his party after the midterm elections of 1949 won a majority in the Senate, the post of Majority Leader was transferred to White of the Democrats Ernest McFarland. His influence in this function, however, was low; came to his primary task to maintain the balance of the two listed at this time of Robert Taft and Arthur H. Vandenberg wing of the party.

After he had given up a re-election, Wallace White resigned from the Senate on January 3, 1949. He died three years later in Auburn.