Background
White, Bartow was born on November 7, 1776 in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Ebenezer White.
White, Bartow was born on November 7, 1776 in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Ebenezer White.
He attended the common schools and completed preparatory studies. Then he studied medicine with his father, and with Doctor Seaman in New York City, and commenced practice in Fishkill in 1799.
White was elected to the 19th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827. Afterwards he resumed the practice of medicine. He was a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840 voting for William Henry Harrison.
In 1845, the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine on White.
He suffered from epilepsy during the last 15 years of his life.
Member United States House of Representatives from New York, 19th Congress, 1825-1827.