White, Horace, 1834-1916
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| Horace White |
40th Governor of New York
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In office
1910 – 1910 |
| Lieutenant(s) |
George H. Cobb |
| Preceded by |
Charles Evans Hughes |
| Succeeded by |
John Alden Dix |
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| Born |
October 7, 1865(1865-10-07)
Buffalo, New York |
| Died |
November 26, 1943 (aged 78)
New York City, New York |
| Political party |
Republican |
Horace White (October 7, 1865 - November 26, 1943) was a Governor of New York. He is the nephew of Andrew D. White. He attended Syracuse High School, Cornell University, and Columbia Law School.[1]
White was born in Buffalo, New York in 1865. He was a member of New York state senate between 1896 and 1908. Then he became the Lieutenant Governor of New York and served between 1909 and 1910. Then he served as the Governor. He died in New York City in 1943.
White served as a trustee of Cornell University from 1916 to 1943. 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.[2]
White once owned Fox Island in the east of of Lake Ontario, located in Town of Cape Vincent.
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Preceded by
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler |
Lieutenant Governor of New York
1909-1910 |
Succeeded by
George H. Cobb
acting |
Preceded by
Charles E. Hughes |
Governor of New York
1910 |
Succeeded by
John A. Dix |
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Lieutenant Governors of New York |
Van Cortlandt • S Van Rensselaer • J Van Rensselaer • Broome • Tayler* • Clinton • Tayler • Root • Tallmadge • Pitcher • P Livingston* • Dayan* • Throop • Stebbins* • Oliver* • E Livingston • Tracy • Bradish • Dickinson • Gardiner • Fish • Patterson • Church • Raymond • Selden • Campbell • Floyd-Jones • Alvord • Woodford • Beach • Robinson • Dorsheimer • Hoskins • Hill • McCarthy* • Jones • Sheehan • Saxton • Woodruff • Higgins • Bruce • Chanler • White • Cobb* • Conway • Glynn • Wagner* • Schoeneck • Walker • Wood • Lunn • Lowman • Corning • Lehman • Bray • Poletti • Hanley* • Wallace • Hanley* • Hanley • Moore • Wicks* • Mahoney* • DeLuca • Wilson • Anderson* • Krupsak • Cuomo • DelBello • Anderson* • Lundine • Ross • Donohue • Paterson
* denotes Acting |
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Governors of New York |
| G Clinton • Jay • G Clinton • Lewis • Tompkins • Tayler • D Clinton • Yates • D Clinton • Pitcher • Van Buren • Throop • Marcy • Seward • Bouck • Wright • Young • Fish • Hunt • Seymour • Clark • King • Morgan • Seymour • Fenton • Hoffman • JA Dix • Tilden • Robinson • Cornell • Cleveland • Hill • Flower • Morton • Black • T Roosevelt • Odell • Higgins • Hughes • White • J Dix • Sulzer • Glynn • Whitman • Smith • Miller • Smith • F Roosevelt • Lehman • Poletti • Dewey • Harriman • Rockefeller • Wilson • Carey • Cuomo • Pataki • Spitzer |
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