Elihu A. White

Elihu Anthony White (November 18, 1834 – February 7, 1900) was an American politician and farmer.

Early life Elihu Anthony White was born on November 18, 1834 in Belvidere, North Carolina. He was educated at the Belvidere Academy in his youth and spent one year at the New Garden School in Greensboro in 1852. He took over his family farm and farmed through much of his life. He married Margaret M. White in 1870 and had five children with her. He married Emma Haughton White in 1885 and had two children with her.

Career White served as postmaster of Newby's Bridge from 1858 to 1861. In 1868 he was elected to the North Carolina Senate Young offered White a subordinate position in his office which he declined. In 1886 he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. He served during its 1887 session, chairing the committee on fish and serving on the committees for finance, education, the insane asylum, and the asylum for the deaf and dumb. In 1888, White ran for a seat in the U. S. House of Representatives, losing to Thomas Gregory Skinner. He was again appointed collector of internal revenue in 1893. The following year he was appointed to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

White served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1884, 1888, and 1896.

Later life Following months of illness, White died at his home in Belvidere on February 7, 1900.