Milburn White | |
State House: | Tennessee |
District: | 10th |
Term Start: | 1915 |
Term End: | 1919 |
Birth Date: | 1878 |
Birth Place: | Meigs County, Tennessee, U.S. |
Death Place: | Louisville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Cora Rowena Walker |
Children: | 5 |
Relatives: | Walter White (brother) |
Education: | Chattanooga Normal University American Temperance University |
Milburn R. White (1878February 27, 1944) was an American educator politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1915 to 1919, as a member of the Republican Party. His brother, Walter White, also served in the state legislature.
Milburn R. White was born in Meigs County, Tennessee, in 1878, to John White and Susan Couch. He graduated from Pin Hook High School in 1903, and attended Chattanooga Normal University and American Temperance University. He was a teacher in Rhea County for twenty-five years and worked for the Rhea County News. He married Cora, with whom he had no children, and Rowena Walker, with whom he had five children. His brother, Walter White, also served in the Tennessee General Assembly.
White served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 10th district, which his brother also held, from 1915 to 1919.[1] William Hilleary unsuccessfully challenged him for the Republican nomination during the 1916 election.[2] During his tenure he passed legislation creating Dayton, Tennessee's system of local government.[3]
White died in Louisville, Tennessee, on February 27, 1944.