Leonard White (politician) explained

Leonard White
State1:Massachusetts
District1:3rd
Term Start1:March 4, 1811
Term End1:March 3, 1813
Preceded1:Edward St. Loe Livermore
Succeeded1:Timothy Pickering
Office2:Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term2:1809–1811
Birth Date:3 May 1767
Birth Place:Haverhill, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death Place:Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Party:Federalist
Alma Mater:Harvard University

Leonard White (May 3, 1767October 10, 1849) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1787. On August 21, 1794, White married Mary Dalton of Newbury and he later became a member of the state House of Representatives (1809–11).[1] He was elected as a Federalist to the Twelfth United States Congress (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). He served as town clerk of Haverhill and cashier of the Merrimack Bank of Haverhill (1814-1836), and held many other local offices. He is interred in Pentucket Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Adams Family Correspondence, ed. C. James Taylor et al, 12 vols. to date (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011), 10:8