Alden P. White

Alden P. White (October 20, 1856 – July 9, 1933) was an American jurist who served as a judge of the Essex County Probate Court.

Early life White was born on October 20, 1856, in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Legal career In 1890, White was appointed a special justice of the First Essex District Court in Salem. He then served as an assistant district attorney under William Henry Moody. Moody, who had gained prominence as a prosecutor in the 1893 Lizzie Borden trial, left the district attorney's office when he won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1895, going on to serve as Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General, and ultimately as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court . When Moody was elected to the United States House of Representatives, White succeeded him as DA.

In 1917, White was made a judge of the Essex County Probate Court by Governor Samuel W. McCall. White presided over challenges to the wills of Edward Francis Searles and William A. Shea and former Page & Shaw president Otis Emerson Dunham's non-support trial. He remained on the bench until his death on July 9, 1933.