Horace White

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Horace White

In office
1910 – 1910
Lieutenant(s) George H. Cobb
Preceded by Charles Evans Hughes
Succeeded by John Alden Dix

Born October 7, 1865
Buffalo, New York
Died November 26, 1943
New York City, New York
Political party Republican

Horace White (October 7, 1865 - November 26, 1943) was a Governor of New York. He is the nephew of Andrew D. White. He attended Union College, where he joined the Kappa Alpha Society.

White was born in Buffalo, New York in 1865. He was a leader of the Liberal Republican movement in 1872. He was a member of New York state senate between 1896 and 1908. Then he became the Lieutenant Governor of New York and served between 1909 and 1910. Then he served as the Governor. He died in New York City in 1943.

Preceded by
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Lieutenant Governor of New York
1909-1910
Succeeded by
George H. Cobb
Preceded by
Charles E. Hughes
Governor of New York
1910
Succeeded by
John A. Dix