White was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress ( March 4 , 1875 – March 3 , 1877 ) . He declined to be a candidate for renomination . He served as chairman of the Kentucky Republican State convention at Louisville in 1879 . He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880 . He resigned in 1880 . Endorsed and reelected without opposition during the sitting of the legislature . He served as delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention . He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1881
1880 Republican National Convention
1880 Republican National Convention
John D. White