Stephen M. White
| The Honorable Stephen M. White | |
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| United States Senator from California | |
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In office March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Charles N. Felton |
| Succeeded by | Thomas R. Bard |
| 18th Lieutenant Governor of California Acting | |
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In office September 13, 1887 – January 8, 1891 | |
| Governor | Robert Waterman |
| Preceded by | Robert Waterman |
| Succeeded by | John B. Reddick |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 19, 1853 San Francisco, California |
| Died |
February 21, 1901 (aged 48) Los Angeles, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
Stephen Mallory White (January 19, 1853 – February 21, 1901) was an American politician and U.S. Senator from California.
Life
Born in San Francisco, Stephen White attended Santa Clara College and read law in the office of Charles Bruce Younger Sr. in Santa Cruz, California and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He came to Los Angeles to practice and served as the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1882 to 1884. Before becoming district attorney in 1882, White was a charter member of the first Los Angeles County Bar Association. He was also a member of the California State Senate from 1887 to 1891, where he served as president pro tempore both sessions, and as Acting Lieutenant Governor (1887-1891), and later represented California for one term in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1899.
He undertook and won the Free Harbor Fight, a seven-year struggle to secure a deep-water harbor at San Pedro–forerunner to today’s Port of Los Angeles.[1] He is also remembered as a criminal defense attorney. When he died in 1901 he was acclaimed in San Francisco and Los Angeles as the state’s “most brilliant genius,” as “perhaps the most eminent of the State’s native sons.” He was the first past-president of Native Sons of the Golden West, Ramona Parlor No. 109.
References
- ↑ Queenan, Charles F. (May 10, 1992). "'Great Free Harbor Fight' : At Stake Was the Port Site for the Growing City of L.A.". Los Angeles Times.
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| Preceded by Robert Waterman Lieutenant Governor |
Acting Lieutenant Governor of California 1887–1891 |
Succeeded by John B. Reddick Lieutenant Governor |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by Charles N. Felton |
U.S. Senator (Class 1) from California 1893–1899 Served alongside: Leland Stanford, George C. Perkins |
Succeeded by Thomas R. Bard |
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