12 Facts About Horace White

Horace White was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Horace White was the 37th governor of New York from October 6,1910, to December 31,1910.

Horace White attended Syracuse Central High School, Cornell University, and Columbia Law School, and opened the firm of White, Cheney, Shinaman, and O'Neill in Syracuse, New York, in the late 1880s or early 1890s.

Horace White was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1909 to 1910, elected at the New York state election, 1908 on the Republican ticket with Governor Charles Evans Hughes.

Hughes resigned in October 1910 when he was appointed to the United States Supreme Court, and White succeeded to the governorship, remaining in office until the end of the year.

Horace White served as a trustee of Cornell University from 1916 to 1943.

Horace White, who was the nephew of Cornell's first President, Andrew Dickson Horace White, left three-quarters of his estate to the university, and that fund had grown to $1.5 million by 1973.

In White's honor, in 1973, Cornell named two professorships after him: the first two Cornell faculty to become Horace White Professors were Michael Fisher and Jack Kiefer.

Horace White was active in Syracuse, serving as president of the Post-Standard Company and participating in numerous other civil, social, and business organizations.

Horace White once owned Fox Island in the east of Lake Ontario, located in the Town of Cape Vincent.

Horace White was the last governor to come from Western New York until Kathy Hochul became Governor after the resignation of Andrew Cuomo in 2021.

Horace White was buried at Oakwood Rural Cemetery in Syracuse, New York.