Background
White, Dudley Allen was born on January 3, 1901 in New London, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert Union and Bertha (Triffit) White.
United States representative politician
White, Dudley Allen was born on January 3, 1901 in New London, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert Union and Bertha (Triffit) White.
Born in New London, Ohio, White attended the public schools and was graduated from the New London High School in 1918.
During the First World War served as an enlisted man in the United States Navy. He was employed with a rubber company in Akron, Ohio, in 1919 and 1920, and also engaged in the insurance business. He moved to Uhrichsville, Ohio, and engaged in the dry-goods business in 1920 and 1921.
He returned to New London, Ohio, and became associated with a company manufacturing regalia and uniforms 1921-1925.
He entered the newspaper business at Norwalk, Ohio, in 1925, later becoming editor and general manager. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1928 and 1948.
State commander of the American Legion in Ohio in 1929 and 1930. White was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941).
He did not seek renomination in 1940, but was unsuccessful for the Republican nomination for United States Senator.
Called to active duty in the United States Navy in 1942 as a lieutenant commander. He was promoted to captain and served as director of recruiting and induction until 1946. He served as director of the Citizens National Bank and president of a broadcasting company in Norwalk, Ohio.
He served as executive director of President Eisenhower"s Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in 1954 and 1955.
He served as president and publisher of the Norwalk Reflector-Herald and the Sandusky Register at time of death. He died in Delaware, Ohio, October 14, 1957.
He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
Member 75th and 76th Congresses (1937-1941), 13th Ohio District. Member Ohio Citizens Narcotics Advisory Committee, Government"s Traffic Safety Committee. Delegate National Republican Convention, 1928-1948, alternate, 1932.
Director Speakers Bureau, Republican National Committee, 1940.
Executive director United States Commision on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953. Enlisted in United States Navy, 1918.
Member New York Academy of Political Science, American Legion State commander 1929-1930), American Newspaper Publications Association (chairman postal committee), Ohio Newspaper Association, Inter-American Press Association, Sigma Delta Chirurgical Mason (32°).; Clubs: The Capitol Hill.
Married Alice Davenport Snyder, June 28, 1924. Children: Alice Mack, Dudley Allen.