William Pinkney Whyte
William Pinkney Whyte ( born August 8, 1824 in Baltimore, Maryland, † March 17, 1908 ) was an American politician and 1872-1874 Governor of Maryland. Between 1868 and 1908 he represented his country several times in the U.S. Senate.
Early years and political rise
William Whyte was born as William White. Due to a family dispute, he later changed the spelling of his surname in Whyte. He attended Baltimore City College and then Harvard University, at the Law School, he studied law. Between 1842 and 1844 he worked in Baltimore in the banking industry. After his made in 1846 admitted to the bar he worked in Baltimore in this profession.
Whyte was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1847 and 1849 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Maryland. In 1850 he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1854 to 1856 he was head of the Court of Auditors ( Comptroller ) of Maryland. In 1857, another failed attempt to be elected to Congress.
Senator and Governor
Following the resignation of U.S. Senator Reverdy Johnson Whyte was determined to be his successor. There he had to do was finish the opened his predecessor's term. This covered the period of July 13, 1868 to March 3, 1869. During this time he supported the beleaguered President Andrew Johnson and his Reconstruction policy. A re-election, he refused at that time. In 1868 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. On November 7, 1871, he was elected governor of his state.
Whyte took up his new post on January 10, 1872. During his tenure, a health committee was set up in Maryland. An elementary school for blacks was proposed and the Garrett County was founded. On March 4, 1874 Whyte resigned from his post after he was elected to the U.S. Senate. Between his resignation from the office of the governor and he took office in Congress in March 1875 represented Whyte its state juridical in a border dispute with Virginia.
On March 4, 1875 Whyte took over from the Class 1 Senator from Maryland Thomas William Hamilton, who in 1869 became his successor in that office. In the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Printing. After his six years in Parliament, he was defeated in the congressional elections of 1880 against Arthur Pue Gorman. This remained until 1899 Senator and returned back in 1903 as a Class 3 Senator. On June 4, 1906, died Gorman and William Whyte moved for it again after the Senate. This mandate he held until his death on March 17, 1908.
More offices
After his temporary retirement from the Senate in 1881 was Whyte mayor of Baltimore. He held from 1881 to 1883 this office. He then worked as a lawyer again. Between 1897 and 1891 he was Minister of Justice ( Attorney General ) of Maryland. In the years 1897-1898 he was chairman of a commission to revise the municipal legislation ( City Charter ) of Baltimore. After that, he was from 1900 to 1903 lawyer of this city, before he moved back to the Senate. William Whyte was married twice and had five children.