White, Edward Douglass, 1845-1921

LC control no.	n 80066825
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	White, Edward Douglass, 1845-1921 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1845-11-03
Death date	1921-05-21
Place of birth	Thibodaux (La.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate United States. Supreme Court Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Judges Lawyers Legislators
Found in	His The new regime in Louisiana, 1878. Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 29, 2021 (White, Edward Douglass, (Son of Edward Douglass White [1795-1847] and grandson of James White), a Senator from Louisiana; born near Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La., November 3, 1845; attended Mount St. Mary's College, near Emmitsburg, Md., the Jesuit College in New Orleans, La., and Georgetown College, Washington, D.C.; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Orleans, La., in 1868; member, State senate 1874; associate justice of the supreme court of Louisiana 1879-1880; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1891, until his resignation, effective March 12, 1894; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Fifty-third Congress); appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Grover Cleveland in 1894; appointed Chief Justice of the United States in 1910, and served until his death in Washington, D.C., May 19, 1921; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery)
Associated language	eng