Biography

09/02/1847 - 08/01/1918

Samuel Perry White (R46) Beaver and Washington Counties 1895-1898 (R46) Beaver and Washington Counties 1903-1906

Early Life: 

Samuel Perry White born September 2, 1847, New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; son of Thomas Balderston White and Olive Bowen Howland White; public school education; Eastman’s Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York; engaged, manufacturing; contractor; enlisted, age 15, Pennsylvania Militia, Civil War, 1863; married, Lucy Sharp White, 1875, children, Raymond Howland White, Clement S. White; member, Beaver County Republican Committee, 1884, chair, Beaver County Republican Committee, 1885; member, Republican State Committee, 1888; treasurer, Republican State Committee, 1889; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1895-1898; delegate, Republican State Convention, 1900; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1903-1906;  died, August 1, 1918, Homeopathic Hospital, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Grove Cemetery, New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Served, age 15, Company C, 56 Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, Civil War, June 27, 1863 - August 13, 1863. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Member, Beaver County Republican Committee, 1884, chair, Beaver County Republican Committee, 1885. 

Member, Republican State Committee, 1888; treasurer, Republican State Committee, 1889. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 46th district, Beaver and Washing ton Counties, 1895-1898; committee assignments, Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Congressional Apportionment, Finance and Public Printing. 

Delegate, Republican State Convention, 1900. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 46th district, Beaver and Washington Counties, 1903-1906; standing committee assignments, Senate of Pennsylvania, extraordinary and regular session, 1906, Corporations, Education, Judiciary Special, Public Grounds and Buildings and Railroads. 

Extraordinary session, legislation accomplished by the Senate, 1906, personal registration law, direct primary legislation, enacted; up until this legislation candidates were chosen at conventions.

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members W". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1898). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1164, 1169-1171, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1141.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1906). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 823, 829-834, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 804.

The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Friday August 2, 1918, Page 26.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Saturday August 3, 1918, Page 7.

Samuel Perry White (1847-1918) - Find a Grave Memorial