Background
White, Alexander was born in 1738 in Frederick County, Virginia, circa. Son of Robert and Margaret (Hoge) White.
White, Alexander was born in 1738 in Frederick County, Virginia, circa. Son of Robert and Margaret (Hoge) White.
Attended Edinburgh (Scotland) U. Studied Inner Temple, London, England., 1762, Gray’s Inn, London, 1763.
Member Virginia House of Burgesses from Hampshire County, 1772. Member Virginia Assembly, 1782-1786, 88. Dominant leader of Federalists in Northwestern Virginia, 1788.
Delegate Virginia Convention to ratify United States Constitution, 1788.
Member United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 1st-2d congresses, 1789-1793. Member of commission to lay out new capital, Washington, District of Columbia, 1795-1802.
Member Virginia Assembly, 1799-1801.
Member Virginia Assembly, 1782-1786, 88. Member United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 1st-2d congresses, 1789-1793. Member of commission to lay out new capital, Washington, District of Columbia, 1795-1802.
Member Virginia Assembly, 1799-1801.
Married Elizabeth Wood. Married second, Sarah Hite.