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  Hugh Lawson White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773–April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century.
In 1829-30, Senator White was the author of the bill to remove the Native Americans west of the Mississippi.
White ran in the Southern states, William Henry Harrison ran in the Northern states, and Daniel Webster ran in Massachusetts.
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 Hugh L. White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugh Lawson White (August 19, 1881–September 20, 1965) was an American politician from Mississippi.
White was a wealthy industralist and had been mayor of Columbia when he was first elected to the governorship.
White called together one hundred of the state's fl leaders to the capital to ask for their support of the plan.
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 TN Encyclopedia: HUGH LAWSON WHITE
Hugh Lawson White was a U.S. senator whose 1836 presidential candidacy helped to establish the Whig Party both in Tennessee and in the South.
The son of General James White, the founder of Knoxville, White briefly served as private secretary to William Blount, governor of the Southwest Territory, before receiving his license to practice law in 1796.
White's service in these offices gained for him a reputation for competence and honesty, and as a known friend of Andrew Jackson he was unanimously elected by the general assembly to succeed Jackson in the U.S. Senate in 1825.
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 TN Encyclopedia: JAMES WHITE
He married Mary Lawson in 1770, and the Whites had seven children; their oldest son, Hugh Lawson White, achieved national prominence as a presidential candidate in 1836.
White resigned his seat in favor of the popular William Blount after the latter left the U.S. Senate under a cloud of scandal; he returned to the state Senate after Blount's death in 1800.
White and his wife, Mary, are buried in the cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Knoxville.
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 Joseph Blanco White - LoveToKnow 1911
JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE (1775-1841), British theologian and poet, was born at Seville on the 1 rth of July 177 5.
He was educated for the Roman Catholic priesthood; but after his ordination (1800) religious doubts led him to escape from Spain to England (1810), where he ultimately entered the Anglican Church, having studied theology at Oxford and made the friendship of Arnold, Newman and Whately.
White edited El Espanol, a monthly Spanish magazine in London, from 1810 to 1814, and afterwards received a civil list pension of £250.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Joseph_Blanco_White   (278 words)

  
 White, Hugh Lawson - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
White, in protest, ran (1836) for the presidency as a Whig party candidate and secured the electoral votes of Tennessee and Georgia.
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www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-white-h1u.html   (377 words)

  
 Governors of Mississippi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hugh Lawson White was perhaps the wealthiest man to hold the office of governor in Mississippi’s history, certainly in modern times.
Governor White often boasted of his voracious appetite and claimed that seafood was his favorite food.
Born near McComb on August 19, 1881, Hugh White was elected mayor of Columbia in 1926 and served until his first election as governor in 1935.
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 About Central Arkansas - White
The White County Courthouse in Searcy is a Classical-style building built in 1870 with additions in 1912.
White County was formed in 1835 by the territorial legislature from parts of Jackson, Pulaski, and Independence counties and named for Hugh Lawson White, a U.S. senator from Tennessee.
White County's economy includes row crops of milo, wheat, soybeans and rice in the Delta area of the county and an industrial complex in the county's central area.
www.house.gov /snyder/about_central_ar/white.htm   (362 words)

  
 Legends & Stories of White County, TN - Chapter 1
It is improbable that the county was named for Hugh L. White, for he was at that time an obscure young man, living in another section of the state.
Judge James White as the father of Hugh Lawson White.
It is doubtless true that some Cherokees never were rounded up in White County but having adopted the ways of the whites, which they are known to have done to a remarkable extent simply became whites.
www.danielhaston.com /history/tn-history/white-county/legends-whiteco1.htm   (3684 words)

  
 Metro Pulse/Secret History/Hugh Lawson White
When he was only 28, Hugh was appointed a judge of Tennessee's Superior Court, and would thereafter be known as Judge White, though he'd later be a D.A., a state senator, and a banker—Knoxville's first, in fact.
White resigned from the Senate in a dispute with the pro-Van Buren state Legislature, and died in 1840, during the presidential term he campaigned for.
Historians refer to White variously as a naive dupe of the Whigs, as a cynical co-conspirator in a failed plot to steal a presidential election from the people—or as an honest man who chucked his career for principle.
www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2000/1047/t_secret.html   (903 words)

  
 MS 2413: The Hugh Lawson White Letter, 1835
Born in 1773, Hugh Lawson White was the son of General James White, the founder of Knoxville.
In 1825, White was unanimously elected by the general assembly to succeed Andrew Jackson in the U.S. Senate.
White held this position until 1839, when he resigned in protest over the Tennessee general assembly’s passage of a series of resolutions instructing White and his Senate colleague Ephraim H. Foster to vote for the policies of the Van Buren administration.
www.lib.utk.edu /spcoll/manuscripts/ms2413fa.html   (865 words)

  
 Search Results for "Lawson"
Iredell co., N.C. He moved (1787) to what is now E Tennessee and served in the wars against the Creek...
...Settled in 1710 by Swiss and German colonists under Baron Christopher de Graffenried and John Lawson, New Bern was the second town in North Carolina and an early...
The group comprised Arthur B. Davies, a romanticist; Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, and William Glackens, impressionists; Everett Shinn, an illustrator;...
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 James Standifer, Congressman
James White, the father of Hugh White, and William Standifer, the father of James Standifer, had served together in the militia of Hawkins County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), in the 1790s.
James White, the founder of Knoxville, and later a hero of the War of 1812, was first major, while William Standifer served as a lieutenant.
White had led the fight against the re-chartering the Second Bank of the United States, and had been the author of the Indian Resettlement Act, both desired by President Jackson.
www.carolyar.com /JamesCongressman.htm   (5252 words)

  
 WHITE, Hugh Lawson (1773-1840) Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Atkins, Jonathan M. “The Presidential Candidacy of Hugh Lawson White in Tennessee, 1832-1836.” Journal of Southern History 58 (February 1992): 27-56.
Ratner, Lorman A. “Hugh Lawson White: The Tennessee ‘Brutus’.” In Andrew Jackson and His Tennessee Lieutenants: A Study in Political Culture, 73-82.
A Memoir of Hugh Lawson White, Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Member of the Senate of the United States.
bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/bibdisplay.pl?index=W000376   (136 words)

  
 History & pictures of White County
The present White County Courthouse, completed in 1871 and remodeled in 1912 is the oldest courthouse in the State of Arkansas still being used for the original purpose.
(The only notable action in White County during the Civil War was the battle of Whitney Lane on May 18, 1862.) The monument is among 16 in 13 Arkansas counties that have been listed in the National Register of Historical Places, the country's official list of historically significant properties.
In 1883 W. Tharp, from Fayette County, TN and a graduate of the Macon Masonic College, moved to Searcy and opened the Searcy Male and Female College, the town's first attempt at coed higher education.
www.whitecountyar.org /wchistory.htm   (923 words)

  
 Re: David White (1754-1834), N.Ireland > NC
White became a highly influential man in this part of the frontier: in 1789 he was a representative from
William Blount, White was appointed Major of the militia and justice of the peace of Hawkins County.
White and his wife Mary are buried in the First Presbyterian cemetery and a tribute pens the appropriate
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 Early History of the Lake Norman / Catawba River Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Thomson, White and Lawson home sites were located on the waters of Catawba (2) now under the waters of Lake Norman.
Stones commemorating Lawson and Thomson may be seen in the cemetery at Centr Church (5-preserve, not original building), one of the oldest places of worship in western North Carolina.
Hugh Lawson White, grandson of Moses White was born on Davidson’s Creek in 1773.
www.lakenormansweb.com /lake_norman/history/index.php   (535 words)

  
 LGen1822
It shows that Hugh Lawson owned lands in upper SC at the time of his death, which adjoined lands belonging to Charles Moore, Lawson's wife having been Mary Moore, a sister of Charles moore, and the daughter of a Charles Moore and his wife Margaret Barry, the parents of Prof.
Roger Lawson (died 1803) is buried in the "Pre-Revolutionary Cemetery" off of route 24 in Louisville, GA. The cemetery is across the street from Bostick hill where Mt. Pleasant was built.
WHITE, HUGH LAWSON, soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Oct. 30, 1773, in Iredell county, N. In 1801 he was appointed judge of the supreme court of the state of Tennessee, and served until 1807; and in 1808 was appointed district attorney.
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 RoarkRuss - pafg155 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Hugh Lawson White [Parents] was born on Oct 20 1825.
Thomas White [Parents] was born on Aug 28 1828.
Eliza White [Parents] was born on Jan 13 1838.
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 White County, Arkansas AR, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
White County, AR The county was named for Hugh Lawson White, U.S. senator and unsuccessful presidential candidate
White County is one of 75 counties in Arkansas.
This was an increase of 5.20% from the 2000 census.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=11754   (481 words)

  
 Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 315, WHITE: Library of Economics and Liberty
WHITE, Hugh Lawson, was born in Iredell county, N. C., Oct. 30, 1773, and died at Knoxville, Tenn., April 10, 1840.
He removed to Tennessee with his father in 1786, was admitted to the bar in 1795, and served as judge of the state supreme court 1801-7 and 1809-15, as state senator 1807-8 and 1817-18, and as United States senator 1825-33 and 1837-40.
In 1836 he received twenty-six electoral votes, from Tennessee and Georgia, for the presidency, being the representative of that "state rights" southern faction which thereafter became the southern wing of the whig party.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy1085.html   (212 words)

  
 Cover Story: Knoxville's Presidential Candidates Past
White of Knoxville, though nominally still a Democrat, was arguably the party's first presidential candidate.
White came in third in the national popular vote, ahead of Webster.
White is buried in the graveyard of the First Presbyterian Church; he never got the huge monument originally planned for him.
www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_1999/944/t_cover2.html   (1454 words)

  
 WHITE PLAINS - Online Information article about WHITE PLAINS
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 Descendants of Moses White
James White was a soldier, public offical, Founder of Knoxville, born in Rowan Co., NC now part of Iredell Co. NC.
(51) Charles5 MCCLUNG, (Margaret4 WHITE, James3, Moses2, Moses1) was born Jul 28, 1800 at Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, and on Jul 3, 1824 at Knox Co., Tn, married (68) Malivna Louise MILLER.
Her mother was a daughter of Gen. James White, the founder of Knoxville and she was born practically in Mecklenburg co, NC.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: White, G to I
White, G. — of Glendale, Maricopa County, Ariz. Democrat.
White, H. — of Matewan, Mingo County, W.Va. Republican.
White, Helen R. — of Gary, Lake County, Ind. Democrat.
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 Torrence Family Tree
David Lawson Torrence - born: Mar 5 (or 15), 1802.
Hugh Lawson White Torrence - born: 10 May 1836.
Emmett Lawson Torrence - born: 26 Sept. 1856.
www.mindspring.com /~torrence/familytree/3.html   (292 words)

  
 Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame
He supported Hugh Lawson White for president rather than Jackson's hand-picked successor, Martin Van Buren.
When the often bitter election was over, White had 39,500 Tennessee votes to Van Buren's 21,500.
White had carried every county in the state except Greene, Sullivan and Washington.
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 Hugh Lawson WHITE
Atkins, Jonathan M. “The Presidential Candidacy of Hugh Lawson White in Tennessee, 1832-1836.” Journal of Southern History 58 (February 1992): 27-56.
“Hugh Lawson White, Frontiersman, Lawyer, and Judge.” East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 19 (1947): 3-24.
“Hugh Lawson White as a Tennessee Politician and Banker, 1807-1827.” East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 18 (1946): 25-46.
www.infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/white-hugh-lawson.html   (180 words)

  
 dearingmiller - pafg130 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Hugh Lawson White Hill [Parents] was born 1 Mar 1810 in Warren Co, Tn.
Virginia Ann Dearing [Parents] was born 3 Jul 1823 in Lebanon, Tenn. She died 4 Dec 1908 in McMinnville, Warren Co, TN.
She married Hugh Lawson White Hill 14 May 1840 in McMinnville, Tenn.
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 WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (17... - Online Information article about WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (17...
James White (1737-1815), who was subsequently prominent in the See also:
Hugh became in 1790 secretary to See also:
Scott (ed.), A Memoir of Hugh Lawson White (Philadelphia, 1856).
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