Walter White (December 24, 1881February 14, 1951) was an American educator and politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 10th district non-consecutively from 1909 to 1949, and in the Tennessee Senate from 1911 to 1913, as a member of the Republican Party. Early life Walter White was born in Meigs County, Tennessee, on December 24, 1881, to John White and Susan Couch. White was educated in schools in Meigs and Rhea counties. He attended University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, American Temperance University, Valparaiso University, Cumberland University, and Southern University Law School. He married Ina B. Whittemore, a widow with two children, on January 10, 1915. His brother, Milburn White, was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in the 1914 election. White became principal of Carp High School in the early 1900s. He purchased the Rhea County News in 1913 while working as a teacher in Graysville, Tennessee. He was an educator in multiple counties for seventeen years. He was admitted to the bar in 1944, and practiced until his death. Career Politics White and John Denton chaired the 1912 Rhea County Republican convention and was a delegate to the Tennessee Republican Party's state convention. He chaired the county convention in 1916. He was a member of the Republican congressional committee in the 4th district until his resignation in 1921. White supported Herbert Hoover for the Republican presidential nomination during the 1928 election. He was a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention from Tennessee's 3rd congressional district and supported Thomas E. Dewey and Robert A. Taft. He supported B. Carroll Reece, a member of the United States House of Representatives and member of the Republican National Committee, for the Republican vice-presidential nomination during the 1944 presidential election. He attempted to serve as a delegate to the 1944 Republican National Convention, but a rival delegate slate was seated instead. A resolution by White honoring Wendell Willkie was passed by the state house in 1945. White led a Republican faction against Luke and Ed Morgan. In 1948, the two factions held two rival county conventions that sent contesting delegates to the state convention. The credentials committee voted four to three in favor of White's delegation. White opposed Robert Kemmer's, a member of his political opposition, reelection to the Tennessee Senate in the 1948 election. White's faction of the county party was recognized by the state party through