Horace White

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37th Governor of New York
Horace White

In office 1910 – 1910
Lieutenant	George H. Cobb
Preceded by	Charles Evans Hughes
Succeeded by	John Alden Dix

Born	October 7, 1865(1865-10-07) Buffalo, New York
Died	November 26, 1943 (aged 78) New York City, New York
Political party	Republican

Horace White (October 7, 1865 - November 26, 1943) was a Governor of New York. He is the nephew of Andrew D. White. He attended Syracuse High School, Cornell University, and Columbia Law School.^[1]

White was born in Buffalo, New York in 1865. He was a member of New York state senate between 1896 and 1908. Then he became the Lieutenant Governor of New York and served between 1909 and 1910. Then he served as the Governor. He died in New York City in 1943.

White served as a trustee of Cornell University from 1916 to 1943. In White's honor, in 1973, Cornell named two professorships after him: the first two Cornell faculty to become Horace White Professors were Michael Fisher and Jack Kiefer.^[2]

White once owned Fox Island in the east of Lake Ontario, located in Town of Cape Vincent.

[edit] References

^ Cornell Alumni News, vol. III, no. 18, Jan. 30, 1901.
^ 2 Professors Are Named To Horace White Chairs, Cornell Chronicle, vol. 4, no. 19, Feb. 22, 1973.

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Preceded by ?	New York State Senate, 36th District 1896–1906	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	New York State Senate, 38th District 1907–1908	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler	Lieutenant Governor of New York 1909-1910	Succeeded by George H. Cobb acting
Preceded by Charles E. Hughes	Governor of New York 1910	Succeeded by John A. Dix

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