Hays B. White

Summary

Hays Baxter White (September 21, 1855 – September 29, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Hays B. White
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1929
Preceded byJohn R. Connelly
Succeeded byCharles I. Sparks
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 33rd district
In office
1900-1904
Preceded byAnson Simonds Cooke
Succeeded byIsaac D. Young
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 103rd district
In office
1888-1890
Preceded byH. Wentworth
Succeeded byChristopher Columbus Vandeventer
Personal details
Born(1855-09-21)September 21, 1855
Fairfield, Iowa
DiedSeptember 29, 1930(1930-09-29) (aged 75)
Mankato, Kansas
Political partyRepublican

Born near Fairfield, Iowa, White attended the rural schools of his native county. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Jewell County, Kansas, in 1875 and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Mankato. He taught school at Mankato in 1876. He served as member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1888 to 1890, and as a member of the Kansas State Senate from 1900 to 1904. He served as mayor of Mankato in 1914 and 1915. He served as member of the State tax commission in 1915–1918.

White was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1929). He served as chairman of the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Sixty-eighth through Seventieth Congresses). Election unsuccessfully contested by W.H. Clark. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928. He died in Mankato, Kansas on September 29, 1930.[1] He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/hays-baxter-white/16980
  • United States Congress. "Hays B. White (id: W000374)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 6th congressional district

1919-1929
Succeeded by