This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1992 Message Board Post: ALBERT WHITE was born at Blooming Grove, NY, October 24, 1803; received a classical education graduating at Union College in 1822; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice at LaFayette, Indiana; was for five years Clerk of the Indiana House of Representatives; was elected Representative in Congress as a Whig in 1837, receiving 10, 737 votes against 3,369 votes for N. Jackson, Democrat, serving from Sept 4, 1837, to March 2, 1839; was President of sereral railroads; was elected US Senator from Indiana, serving from December 2, 1839, to March 3, 1845; declined a re-election; was again elected Represenative in Congress in 1861, as a Republican, receiving 13, 310 votes against 11, 489 votes for Wilson, Democrat, serving from July 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863; was a commissioner to adjust claims against the Sioux Indians; was appointed by President Lincoln in 1864 US Judge for Indiana; died at STOCKWELL, INDIANA, September 4, 1864. (History of Indiana,! Wayne county, Indiana, page 310)