Albert Smith White

Albert Smith White
Albert Smith White
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana
	In office; January 18, 1864 – September 4, 1864
Appointed by	Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	Caleb Blood Smith
Succeeded by	David McDonald
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Indiana's 8th district
	In office; March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	James Wilson
Succeeded by	Godlove Stein Orth
United States Senator; from Indiana
	In office; March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by	John Tipton
Succeeded by	Jesse D. Bright
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Indiana's 7th district
	In office; March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Preceded by	Edward A. Hannegan
Succeeded by	Tilghman Howard
Personal details
Born	Albert Smith White; October 24, 1803; Blooming Grove, New York
Died	September 4, 1864 (aged 60); Stockwell, Indiana
Resting place	Greenbush Cemetery; Lafayette, Indiana
Political party	Whig (until 1854); Republican (from 1854)
Education	Union College; read law

Albert Smith White (October 24, 1803 – September 4, 1864) was a United States Senator from Indiana, a United States Representative from Indiana and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.

Education and career[]

Born on October 24, 1803, in Blooming Grove, Orange County, New York,^[1] White graduated from Union College in 1822 and read law in 1825.^[1] He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in New York from 1825 and 1829.^[1] He continued private practice in Lafayette, Indiana, from 1829 to 1836.^[1] He was an assistant clerk for the Indiana House of Representatives from 1830 to 1831.^[1] He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Indiana in 1832.^[1] He was clerk of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1832 to 1835.^[1] He was a Presidential Elector on the Whig ticket in 1836.^[2]

Congressional service[]

White was elected as a Whig from Indiana's 7th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 25th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839.^[2] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.^[2] He was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1845.^[2] He declined to be a candidate for reelection.^[2] He was Chairman of the United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses in the 27th United States Congress and Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in the 27th and 28th United States Congresses.^[2]

Later career[]

Following his departure from the Senate, White resumed private practice in Stockwell, Indiana, from 1845 to 1861,^[1] also serving as President of several railroads during that time period,^[2] including the Indianapolis and La Fayette Railroad and the Wabash and Western Railroad.^[3]

Later Congressional service[]

White was elected as a Republican from Indiana's 8th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 37th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863.^[2] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862.^[2] He was appointed by President Lincoln as one of three commissioners to adjust the claims of citizens of Minnesota and the Dakota Territory against the United States Government for Indian depredations, relating to a Sioux Indian Massacre occurring in 1862.^[2]^[1]

Federal judicial service[]

White was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln on January 14, 1864, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Indiana vacated by Judge Caleb Blood Smith.^[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 18, 1864, and received his commission the same day.^[1] His service terminated on September 4, 1864, seven and a half months after his appointment.^[1] He was interred in Greenbush Cemetery in Lafayette.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "White, Albert Smith - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k United States Congress. "Albert Smith White (id: W000351)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "Albert Smith White". Indiana GenWeb. Retrieved July 28, 2012. cites original source as: Towne Memorial Fund (1864–1871). Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society. VI (1905 reprint ed.). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 32.

Sources[]

United States Congress. "Albert Smith White (id: W000351)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
"White, Albert Smith - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
"Albert Smith White". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-03-21.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Edward A. Hannegan	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th congressional district 1837–1839	Succeeded by Tilghman Howard
Preceded by James Wilson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th congressional district 1861–1863	Succeeded by Godlove Stein Orth
U.S. Senate
Preceded by John Tipton	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Indiana 1839–1845 Served alongside: Oliver H. Smith and Edward A. Hannegan	Succeeded by Jesse D. Bright
Legal offices
Preceded by Caleb Blood Smith	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana 1864	Succeeded by David McDonald

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[auto-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k United States Congress. "Albert Smith White (id: W000351)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

[3] "Albert Smith White". Indiana GenWeb. Retrieved July 28, 2012. cites original source as: Towne Memorial Fund (1864–1871). Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society. VI (1905 reprint ed.). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 32.

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show v t United States senators from Indiana
Class 1	Noble Hanna Tipton White Bright Wright Turpie T. Hendricks Pratt McDonald Harrison Turpie Beveridge Kern New Ralston Robinson Minton Willis Jenner Hartke Lugar Donnelly Braun
Class 3	Taylor W. Hendricks Smith Hannegan Whitcomb Cathcart Pettit Fitch Lane Morton Voorhees Fairbanks Hemenway Shively Taggart Watson Van Nuys Jackson Jenner Capehart Bayh II Quayle Coats Bayh III Coats Young

show v t Chairs of the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Full Committee (1820–1947)	Holmes Johnson Benton H. White Troup H. White Sevier Morehead A. White Sevier Bagby Atchison Sebastian Doolittle Henderson Harlan Buckingham Allison Coke Dawes Jones Pettigrew Thurston Stewart Clapp Gamble Stone Ashurst Curtis Spencer Harreld Frazier Wheeler Thomas O'Mahoney
Select Committee (1977–1993)	Abourezk Melcher Cohen Andrews Inouye
Full Committee (1993–)	Inouye McCain Campbell Inouye Campbell Inouye Campbell McCain Dorgan Akaka Cantwell Tester Barrasso Hoeven Schatz

show v t Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana
1st district	Prince Call Boon Blake Boon Proffit R. Owen Embree Albertson Lockhart Miller Lockhart Niblack Law Niblack Fuller Heilman Kleiner Hovey Posey Parrett Taylor Hemenway Foster Boehne Sr. Lieb Denton Luhring W. Wilson Rowbottom Boehne Jr. Schulte Madden Benjamin Hall Visclosky Mrvan
2nd district	Jennings J. Carr Ewing J. W. Davis Ewing J. W. Davis Thompson Henley Dunham English Cravens Kerr Wolfe J. Williams Humphreys Cobb O'Neall Bretz Hardy Miers Chaney Cullop Bland Greenwood Durgan Halleck Landgrebe Fithian Sharp McIntosh M. Pence Chocola Donnelly Walorski
3rd district	Test O. Smith Test Carty J. Carr Graham J. Carr J. L. White T. Smith J. L. Robinson Dunham G. G. Dunn Hughes W. Dunn Harrington R. Hill Hunter Holman Kerr N. Carr Bicknell Stockslager Howard J. Brown Tracewell Zenor Cox Dunbar Gardner Dunbar Crowe Pettengill Grant Crook S. Crumpacker Nimtz Brademas Hiler Roemer Souder Stutzman Banks
4th district	A. Lane G. H. Dunn T. Smith Cravens C. Smith Julian Parker J. Lane Cumback Foley Holman Farquhar Holman Julian Je. Wilson New Sexton New Holman Watson Holman Griffith Dixon Benham Canfield Farley Gillie Kruse Adair Roush Quayle Coats Long Souder Buyer Rokita Baird
5th district	McCarty Rariden Kennedy W. Brown Wick W. Brown Hendricks Parker Holloway Kilgore Julian Coburn Holman Browne Matson Cooper Overstreet Faris Holliday Moss Sanders N. Johnson Gillen Griswold Harness Walsh Beamer Roush Roudebush Hillis Jontz Buyer Burton Brooks Spartz
6th district	Kinnard Herod Wick Wallace J. W. Davis G. G. Dunn Gorman Hendricks Barbour Gregg Porter Dumont Coburn Voorhees Hunter M. Robinson W. Myers Browne H. Johnson Watson Barnard Gray Comstock Elliott Larrabee Jenckes N. Johnson Harden Wampler Roudebush Bray D. Evans Burton M. Pence Messer G. Pence
7th district	Hannegan A. White Howard H. Lane Wright McGaughey Thompson McGaughey J. G. Davis Scott J. G. Davis Voorhees Washburn Orth Manson Cason Landers Hanna Matyr Peelle English Bynum Henry Overstreet Korbly Moores Updike Ludlow Greenwood Landis Noland Bray J. Myers Pease Kerns J. Carson A. Carson
8th district	Pettit McDonald Mace Ja. Wilson A. White Orth Tyner Hunter Hostetler Peirce Lamb Johnston Brookshire Faris Henry Cromer Adair Vestal Boehne Jr. La Follette E. Mitchell Denton Merrill Denton Zion Hayes Cornwell Deckard McCloskey Hostettler Ellsworth Bucshon
9th district	Sample Cathcart Fitch Eddy Shanks Cason M. White Orth Doxey Ward Cheadle Waugh Hanly Landis Morrison Purnell Crowe E. Wilson Hogan E. Wilson L. Hamilton B. Hill Sodrel B. Hill Young Hollingsworth
10th district	Kennedy Rockhill Harlan Brenton Chamberlain Case W. Mitchell Edgerton Defrees W. Williams Sayler Haymond Calkins Motte T. Wood W. Owen Patton Hammond Hatch E. Crumpacker Peterson W. Wood Gray Springer Harvey Harmon Harvey Roudebush Dennis Sharp Jacobs Jr. J. Carson
11th district	Harlan Pettit Shanks McDowell Stilwell Shanks Packard J. Evans Cowgill Steele Martin Steele Landis Rauch Kraus Cook Hall Griswold Larrabee Ludlow Jacobs Sr. Brownson Barr Bruce Jacobs Jr. Hudnut Jacobs Jr.
12th district	A. Hamilton Colerick Lowry J. B. White McClellan McNagny Leighty J. M. Robinson Gilbert Gilhams Cline Fairfield Hogg Ludlow
13th district	Baker Calkins Shively Ford Shively Conn Royse Brick Barnhart Hickey Pettengill
At-large	Hendricks Jennings Packard / Orth / W. Williams
Territory	Parke Thomas Jennings

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Albert Smith White


Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana
In office January 18, 1864 – September 4, 1864
Appointed by	Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	Caleb Blood Smith
Succeeded by	David McDonald
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th district
In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	James Wilson
Succeeded by	Godlove Stein Orth
United States Senator from Indiana
In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by	John Tipton
Succeeded by	Jesse D. Bright
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th district
In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Preceded by	Edward A. Hannegan
Succeeded by	Tilghman Howard

Personal details
Born	Albert Smith White (1803-10-24)October 24, 1803 Blooming Grove, New York
Died	September 4, 1864(1864-09-04) (aged 60) Stockwell, Indiana
Resting place	Greenbush Cemetery Lafayette, Indiana
Political party	Whig (until 1854) Republican (from 1854)
Education	Union College read law