Wallace H. White

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Wallace White
White c. 1924
Senate Majority Leader
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Deputy	Kenneth S. Wherry
Preceded by	Alben W. Barkley
Succeeded by	Scott W. Lucas
Leader of the Senate Republican Conference
In office February 25, 1944 – January 3, 1949
Deputy	Kenneth S. Wherry
Preceded by	Charles L. McNary
Succeeded by	Kenneth S. Wherry
Chair of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	Burton K. Wheeler
Succeeded by	Edwin C. Johnson
Senate Minority Leader
In office February 25, 1944 – January 3, 1947 Acting: February 25, 1944 – January 3, 1945
Deputy	Kenneth S. Wherry
Preceded by	Charles L. McNary
Succeeded by	Alben W. Barkley
Secretary of the Senate Republican Conference
In office January 3, 1941 – February 25, 1944
Leader	Charles L. McNary
Preceded by	Frederick Hale
Succeeded by	Harold Hitz Burton
United States Senator from Maine
In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	Arthur R. Gould
Succeeded by	Margaret Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1931
Preceded by	Daniel J. McGillicuddy
Succeeded by	Donald B. Partridge
Personal details
Born	Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (1877-08-06)August 6, 1877 Lewiston, Maine, U.S.
Died	March 31, 1952(1952-03-31) (aged 74) Auburn, Maine, U.S.
Resting place	Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Nina Lumbard
Relations	William P. Frye (grandfather)
Education	Bowdoin College (BA)

Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877 – March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he was Senate Minority Leader and later Majority Leader before his retirement.