13 Facts About Phineas White

Phineas White was an American lawyer and politician.

Phineas White graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1797.

Phineas White studied law with Charles Marsh of Woodstock, Vermont and Judge Samuel Porter of Dummerston, Vermont.

Phineas White was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Pomfret.

Phineas White was Register of Probate for Windsor County from 1800 to 1809, postmaster of Putney from 1802 to 1809 and county attorney in 1813.

Phineas White served as judge of Windham County in 1814,1815 and 1817, and was chief judge from 1818 to 1820.

Phineas White was probate judge of the Westminster district from 1814 to 1815.

Phineas White was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1814 and served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1815 to 1820.

Phineas White was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, and served from March 4,1821 to March 3,1823.

Phineas White was again a member of the state constitutional convention in 1836 and served in the Vermont Senate in 1836 and 1837.

Phineas White served as a trustee of Middlebury College, President of the Vermont Bible Society, and President of the Vermont Colonization Society.

Phineas White belonged to the Masonic Order and was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Vermont.

Phineas White died on July 6,1847, in Putney, Vermont and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.