Samuel White (Massachusetts politician)

Samuel White
Member of the Governors Council
for the Province of Massachusetts Bay[1]
In office
1767–1769
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
May 30, 1759,[2]
May 25, 1764,[2]
May 29, 1765[2] – May 28, 1760,[2]
June 1, 1764,[2]
May 28, 1766,[2]
Preceded byThomas Hubbard
Timothy Ruggles
Thomas Clap[2]
Succeeded byJames Otis Sr.
Thomas Clap
James Otis Jr.[2]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
for Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1749, 1756, 1764[1] – 1753, 1759, 1765[1]
Personal details
BornApril 2, 1710[1]
Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony[1]
DiedMarch 20, 1769[1]
Spouse(s)Prudence Williams (m. November 1735)[1] d. June 8th, 1808 at age 98 in Norton, Massachusetts[3]
Residence(s)Taunton, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
Alma materHarvard 1731[1]
OccupationLawyer[1]

Samuel White (April 2, 1710 – March 20, 1769) was a prominent lawyer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay who served several terms as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 149
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Caphen, Nahum (1847), The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information 1847, Boston, MA: James French, p. 34
  3. ^ White Family Bible, 1748