Alexander White (October 16, 1816 – December 13, 1893) was an American lawyer from Alabama, who represented

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

in the U.S Congress as a Whig (1851–53), and as a Republican (1873–75). White was born in

Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020 Uni ...

. He moved to

Courtland, Alabama Courtland is a town in Lawrence County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The population was 609 at the 2010 census, down from 769 in 2000. ...

with his family. White went to the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United St ...

. He then served in the

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during the

Second Seminole War The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and groups of people collectively known as Seminoles, consisting of Muscogee, Creek and Black Seminoles as well as oth ...

. He then move to

Talladega, Alabama Talladega (, also ) is the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1835. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 15,861. Talladega is approximately east of one of the state's la ...

, studied law, and was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1837. He served in the

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from 1851 to 1853 and from 1873 to 1875. He served in the Confederate Army during the

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. He served in the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1865 and then served in the

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in 1872. He served briefly as Chief Justice of the Utah Territorial Supreme Court in 1875. In 1876 White moved to

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

and resumed the practice of law. He died there in 1893 and is buried in Dallas' Greenwood Cemetery.Encyclopedia of Alabama-Alexander White
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biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website
1816 births 1893 deaths Alabama Whigs Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives People from Franklin, Tennessee People from Talladega, Alabama Politicians from Dallas People of Alabama in the American Civil War American people of the Seminole Wars Military personnel from Tennessee University of Tennessee alumni Alabama lawyers Texas lawyers Utah Territorial judges Family of Robert White (Virginia physician) Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama Chief justices of the Utah Supreme Court 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Alabama Legislature {{Alabama-politician-stub