James Bamford White
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Biography
Born near Winchester, Kentucky, White attended the common schools and the Mount Zion Academy, Macon County, Illinois.
He entered the Confederate States Army in the fall of 1863 and served in the commands of Generals Breckinridge and Morgan until the close of the Civil War, when he was honorably discharged.
He engaged in teaching at Irvine, Kentucky. He studied law while teaching. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced the practice of law in Irvine.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Estill County 1872–1880.
Congress
White was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903).
Later career and death
He continued the practice of his profession in Irvine, Kentucky, until his retirement in 1919.
He died in Irvine, Kentucky, March 25, 1931. He was interred in Oakdale Cemetery.
References
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1842 births
- 1931 deaths
- Confederate States Army soldiers
- Kentucky lawyers
- People from Clark County, Kentucky
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives