Hugh Lawson White

Hugh Lawson White

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Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773 – April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder as a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, he was chosen to succeed former presidential candidate Andrew Jackson in the United States Senate in 1825 and became a member of the new Democratic Party, supporting Jackson's policies and his future presidential administration. However, he left the Democrats in 1836 and was a Whig candidate in that year's presidential election.

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Hugh Lawson White was born on Saturday, 30 October 1773 in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA. They were best known as an attorney. White's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. They died on Friday, 10 April 1840 in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. at the age of 66. They are buried at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Politically, they were affiliated with the Democratic-Republican Party (United States). Their zodiac star sign were Scorpio.

You can find people similar to Hugh Lawson White by visiting our lists Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee and Whig Party (United States) presidential nominees.

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Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
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Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
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