Albert B. White

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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) was the Republican Governor of West Virginia from 1901 to 1905.

White was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 22, 1856 and was educated in the public schools of Columbus, Ohio. In 1878, he graduated from Marietta College. White began his career in journalism as a managing editor in Lafayette, Indiana and relocated to Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County) in 1881. He continued to work as a politically powerful editor in Parkerburg until 1889.

In 1889, White was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison as collector of internal revenue for West Virginia. He was later reappointed by President William McKinley in 1897.

In 1900, White was the Republican nominee for Governor of West Virginia and defeated Democrat John H. Holt by 19156 votes.

In 1916, White failed to win the Republican nomination for the US Senate having been defeated by Howard Sutherland; however, he later was elected to the West Virginia Senate.

White died in Parkersburg in 1941.

[edit] See also

List of Governors of West Virginia

[edit] External links

• Biography of Albert B. White
• Inaugural Address of Albert B. White
• Men of West Virginia, Vol. 1, pg. 16

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