Campbell P. White

American politician

Born(1787-11-30)November 30, 1787

Ireland

DiedFebruary 12, 1859(1859-02-12) (aged 71)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Campbell Patrick White

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1829 – October 2, 1835
Preceded by	Jeromus Johnson
Succeeded by	Gideon Lee

Personal details
Born	(1787-11-30)November 30, 1787 Ireland
Died	February 12, 1859(1859-02-12) (aged 71) New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place	St. Paul's Cemetery
Occupation	Businessman, politician

Campbell Patrick White (November 30, 1787 – February 12, 1859) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a U.S. representative from New York from 1829 to 1835.

Congress

Born in Ireland, White received a limited education. He immigrated to the United States in 1816 and engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City.

White was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, to October 2, 1835,^[1] when he resigned before the 24th United States Congress met. He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Twenty-third Congress).

Later career and death

White resumed mercantile pursuits. He was appointed quartermaster general of the State militia on January 24, 1831. He served as delegate to the New York State constitutional convention in 1845. He resided in New York City until his death on February 12, 1859. He was interred in St. Paul's Cemetery.

References

↑ Hutchins, Stephen C. (1883). Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York. Weed, Parsons & Company.

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U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Churchill C. Cambreleng
Jeromus Johnson
Gulian C. Verplanck

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd congressional district
1829–1835
with Churchill C. Cambreleng (1829–35), Gulian C. Verplanck (1829–33),
Dudley Selden (1833–34), Cornelius Lawrence (1833–34), John J. Morgan (1834–35),
Charles G. Ferris (1834–35), Ely Moore (1835), John McKeon (1835)

Succeeded by

Churchill C. Cambreleng
Gideon Lee
Ely Moore
John McKeon

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Armed Services
Military Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Eustis Hamilton Vance Hamilton Drayton R. Johnson McKay C. Johnson Thompson Dawson Stanly Haralson Botts Burt Bissell Benton Quitman Faulkner B. Stanton Blair Buffington Schenck Garfield Logan Coburn Banning Sparks Henderson Rosecrans Bragg Townshend Cutcheon Outhwaite Hull Hay Dent Kahn McKenzie Morin James Quin McSwain Hill May
Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Fuller Crowninshield Storrs Hoffman Anderson White Jarvis Ingham Thomas Wise Parmenter Holmes King F. Stanton Bocock Benson Bocock Morse Sedgwick Rice Pike Scofield Whitthorne Harris Cox Herbert Boutelle Herbert Cummings Geissenhainer Boutelle Foss Padgett Butler Britten Vinson
Armed Services Committee* (from 1947)	Andrews Vinson Short Vinson Rivers Philbin Hébert Price Aspin Dellums Spence Stump Hunter Skelton McKeon Thornberry Smith Rogers
^Alternately named National Security* in 104th and 105th Congresses.

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Later career and death

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