Frederick Edward White

Frederick Edward White (January 19, 1844 – January 14, 1920) was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district.

Frederick Edward White
Member of the United States House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
ConstituencyIowa's 6th district
Personal details
Born(1844-01-19)January 19, 1844
Prussia
DiedJanuary 14, 1920(1920-01-14) (aged 75)
Sigourney, Iowa
Political partyDemocratic
OccupationFarmer, politician

Biography

Born in Prussia, White immigrated to the United States in 1857 with his mother, who settled on a farm in Keokuk County, Iowa. When the American Civil War began in 1861, he joined the 8th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, but as a seventeen-year-old, he was rejected on account of age. In February 1962, after his eighteenth birthday, he enlisted in the 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was mustered out in August 1865, after the war's end, and returned to Keokuk County and engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising.[1]

In 1890, White received the Democratic nomination to run against incumbent Republican Congressman John F. Lacey for the U.S. House seat in Iowa's 6th congressional district. A protectionist measure known as the McKinley tariff had been approved by a Republican-controlled Congress and signed by a Republican president, but was extremely unpopular, especially in rural areas such as the 6th district, where it was blamed for making the agricultural economy worse. White took advantage of that backlash, and unseated Lacey, serving in the Fifty-second Congress.[1] However, in the next election, many Iowa voters returned to historic voting patterns, and White (and the other new Iowa Democratic congressmen) were not re-elected. Instead, Lacey reclaimed his seat, and would hold it until 1907. In all, White served in Congress from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1893.

After his defeat, White retired from public life and resumed agricultural pursuits.

He died in Sigourney, Iowa, on January 14, 1920. He was interred in Sigourney Cemetery.

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References
  1. Gue, Benjamin F. (1903). History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. IV. New York City: The Century History Company. p. 285. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via Google Books.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Washington I. Babb		 Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa
1897, 1899		 Succeeded by
T. J. Phillips
Preceded by
Claude R. Porter		 Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa
1908		 Succeeded by
Claude R. Porter
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
John F. Lacey		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Iowa's 6th congressional district
1891–1893		 Succeeded by
John F. Lacey

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