George White (Ohio politician)
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Early life and education
George White was born on August 21, 1872, in Elmira, New York. He was the son of Charles W. and Mary S. (Back) White. He attended Princeton College in Princeton, New Jersey.
Career
After mining in the Klondike, Yukon, he settled in Marietta, Ohio, to drill for oil.
After serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1905 to 1908, White was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1910, serving from 1911 to 1915. White lost a re-election bid in 1914, but won election again in 1916Template:Spaced ndashthough he then lost again in 1918. White served as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1920 to 1921.
He then returned to politics again in 1930, serving two two-year terms as governor from 1931 to 1935. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1934.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1940, White ran again for the Democratic nomination for governor but lost to Martin L. Davey.
In 1936, White was influential in securing the agreement of sculptor Gutzon Borglum to create the National Start Westward Memorial of The United States,, which was completed in 1938.<ref name="Memorial">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal life
He married Charlotte McKelvy of Titusville, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1900,<ref name=powell>Template:Cite book</ref> and had five children.<ref name=cbgalbreath>Template:Cite book</ref>
He died at West Palm Beach, Florida, December 15, 1953, and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Marietta.
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