twenty-five property owners in Rhea County filed a lawsuit to remove White and seven members of the school board and in 1930, six members of the board were removed while White was acquitted, but fined $50 for being in contempt of court in 1930. In 1931, the county court accused White and R.M. Green, chair of the county board of education, of misappropriating school funds. The school board rejected White's proposed list of teachers and then demanded their resignations after White's faction created a competing school board. W. N. Morgan, a supporter of White, issued a warrant against the members of a the committee investigating White accusing them of "conspiring falsely to move and maintain a suit against Walter White". On August 18, the county court voted twelve to three to remove White and nine to six to remove Green from their positions. J.H. Miser was selected to replace White and C.F. McDonald was selected to replace Green. White returned to his position after Justice Alexander W. Chambliss suspended all of the actions while the case was being heard. The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that the county court had the power to remove White and Miser assumed the position on November 27. The county court voted to replace White with W.B. Follis in 1948, but an injunction prevented Follis from taking office until White's term expired in 1950. In 1949, the state supreme court ruled that it was not unconstitutional for an official to be both a county school superintendent and member of the state house. The injunction was dissolved on July 13, 1950, but a second injunction was issued on October 2. The injunction was dissolved and Virgil Watson was selected to replace him on October 11. Another injunction was issued, but Woodlee dismissed it and Watson took office on October 25. White sought another injunction, but a court ruled that his term ended on July 1, 1950. Gubernatorial campaigns White announced his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 1924 gubernatorial election on September 17, 1923. The Rhea County Republican Party endorsed him during the primary. Bledsoe, Greene, and Meigs counties instructed their delegates to support White, but none of the candidates received the endorsement of the state party at the convention. He withdrew before the primary and endorsed T. F. Peck. White was put up for the Republican nomination in the 1926 election without his permission as