Wilbur McKee White was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

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Born near Hillsboro, Ohio

Hillsboro, Ohio

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, White was educated in the millionaire schools and the Hillsboro High School.
Marietta (Ohio) College, M.A., 1914.
He engaged in teaching at Marietta, Ohio

Marietta, Ohio

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, in 1914 and 1915.
Correspondent for a Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

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, newspaper in 1916.
He served in the United States Army

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 on the Mexican border as a private and first sergeant in Company H, Third Ohio Infantry, in 1916.
During the First World War served from August 15, 1917, as a first lieutenant and later as a captain in the Three Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment, United States Infantry, in Italy

Italy

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 and France

France

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Associated with the Toledo Times in 1919 and served as managing editor 1925-1930 and associate editor in 1930 and 1931.

White was elected as a Republican

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 to the Seventy-second

72nd United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh

77th United States Congress

-Major events:* December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor* December 8, 1941: Joint Session of Congress met to hear President Roosevelt deliver his "Day of Infamy" speech...

 Congress.
He was employed in a glass manufacturing concern in 1933.
He served as secretary and as executive director of the Safety Glass Association 1934-1958.
He engaged in independent highway safety work 1958-1961.
He died in Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States.Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio and is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River. The name comes from the Shawnee name Chalahgawtha, meaning "principal town", as it was a major settlement of...

, December 31, 1973.
He was interred in Hillsboro Cemetery

Hillsboro Cemetery

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, Hillsboro, Ohio

Hillsboro, Ohio

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