William White (Secretary of State)

For other people named William White, see William White (disambiguation).

William White (1762–1811) was the second North Carolina Secretary of State, serving from 1798 until 1811.

White represented Lenoir County in the state legislature, first in the North Carolina House of Commons and then in the North Carolina Senate, from the county's creation in 1792 until the legislature appointed him Secretary of State in 1798. The same year he built the White-Holman House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1][2]

He was likely the same William White who served as Intendant of Police (mayor) of Raleigh.

In 1811, White died in office. The legislature elected his former clerk, William Hill, to succeed him.[3]

White's father-in-law was Gov. Richard Caswell. White's daughter, Eleanor, married Gov. David L. Swain in 1826.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ John B. Wells and Greer Suttlemyre (November 1970). "White-Holman House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  3. ↑ Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians by John H. Wheeler
  4. ↑ David Lowry Swain biography
Preceded by
James Glasgow		 North Carolina Secretary of State
1798-1811 		Succeeded by
William Hill
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