General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002. Index to International Congresses, International Expositions, Non - International Congresses, and Ceremonial Missions, ca. 1822 - 1910
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White, Hugh Lawson, 1773-1840
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Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773 – April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder as a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, he was chosen to succeed former presidential candidate Andrew Jackson in the United States Senate in 1825 and became a member of the new Democratic Party, supporting Jackson's policies and his future presidential a...