Background
WHITE, John Herron was born on April 6, 1902 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Thompson and Margaret Hemphill (Maclay) White.
WHITE, John Herron was born on April 6, 1902 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Thompson and Margaret Hemphill (Maclay) White.
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania High School. Cumberland Valley State Teachers College, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 1923. University of Texas, 1925.
Admitted to practice of law in Texas, 1926. Enlisted United States Army, 1917. Discharged 1919; Commissioned Second Lieutenant Infantry.
Reserve, 1923; promoted to First Lieutenant, 1927. Elected State Representative 124 District, Texas, 1928. Resigned 1929; Organized Hutchinson Company.
Post 412, American Legion, Texas, 1926. CoOrganizer Upper Panhandle Chapter, Reserve Officer Association of United States (Texas Department). Wrote against proposed statewide bond issue for highways, income tax, etc.
Active in fight to gain West Texans land titles. Deciding vote in killing income tax in Texas, 1929. One of two votes to kill bond issue.
Various other articles and editorials against increases in taxation, hypocrisy in government, information of interest to ExService Men in Texas newspapers and magazines. Also author of The Historical, and True Facts of Borger, 1929.
Spouse Anna Caldwell Harris, January 12, 1929, Austin, Texas.