George Montgomery White
{{short description|American politician (1828–1860)}}
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| office = Member of the
North Carolina House of Commons
from Bladen County
| term_start = November 20, 1854{{cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/1800s/nc_1800s_house_1854-1855.html|title=North Carolina State House of Commons 1854-1855|website=Carolana}}
| term_end = February 3, 1857{{cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/1800s/nc_1800s_house_1856-1857.html|title=North Carolina State House of Commons 1856-1857|website=Carolana}}
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| predecessor = John G. McDugald
| successor = John Wesley Purdie
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1828|03|25}}
| birth_place = Bladen County, North Carolina, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1860|06|26|1828|03|25}}
| death_place = Bladen County, North Carolina, U.S.
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| burial_place = Hendon Cemetery
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| education = University of North Carolina (AB)
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| spouse = {{marriage|Victoria Harrison Lewis|December 23, 1858}}
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George Montgomery White (March 25, 1828 – June 26, 1860) was an American politician in North Carolina that was a two-term member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County.
Biography
George Montgomery White was born on March 25, 1828,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-journal-george-m-white-death/92171489|title=George Montgomery White's death notice|newspaper=The Wilmington Journal|publication-place=Wilmington, North Carolina|date=July 19, 1860}} and was the son of Griffith John White and Mary Jane Hendon. He is listed as a freshman at the University of North Carolina in the 1849–1850 academic year{{cite book|url=https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/33541?ln=en&v=uv#?xywh=-900%2C97%2C5271%2C3058&cv=15|title=Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty, and Students, of the University of North Carolina 1849-1850|year=1850|publisher=Seaton Gales - Register Office|publication-place=Raleigh, North Carolina}} and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1853.{{cite web|url=https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1372|title=Hugh A. Clark Family Records|access-date=March 21, 2025|website=East Carolina University}} White was reported to have obtained a North Carolina Superior Court license in 1855.{{cite news|url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn88067196/1855-01-03/ed-1/seq-2|title=Supreme Court.|newspaper=The Daily Herald|publication-place=Wilmington, North Carolina|date=January 3, 1855|volume=1|issue=256|page=2}} He was considered to be a lawyer of prominence and was a leader of the bar in the Cape Fear region.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEQ4AQAAMAAJ|title=History of North Carolina|volume=V|publication-place=Chicago and New York|publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company|year=1919|page=209|via=Google Books}} He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County from 1854{{cite book|last=Connor|first=R. D. W.|author-link=Robert Digges Wimberly Connor|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/NC_Manuals/NC_Manual_1913.pdf|title=A Manual of North Carolina issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the use of Members of the General Assembly session 1913|publication-place=Raleigh, North Carolina|page=508|publisher=E. M. Uzzell & Co., State Printers|year=1913}} to 1857.
He died on June 26, 1860, aged 32 years, 3 months, and 1 day.
Personal life
White married Victoria Harrison Lewis in 1858.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fayetteville-weekly-observer-marriage-an/93165105|title=Marriage Announcement for George Montgomery White and Victoria Harrison Lewis|newspaper=Fayetteville Observer|publication-place=Fayetteville, North Carolina|date=January 3, 1859}}
His brother William Hendon White was later elected as the democratic sheriff of Bladen County after the American Civil War, but was removed by reconstruction officials. William "became conspicuous during war times and in the violent scenes which characterized the reconstruction period."
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| title = Member of the
North Carolina House of Commons
from Bladen County
| before = John G. McDugald
| after = John Wesley Purdie
| years = 1854–1857
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Category:Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Category:19th-century American lawyers