White, Hugh Lawson, 1773-1840

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Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773 – April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder as a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, he was chosen to succeed former presidential candidate Andrew Jackson in the United States Senate in 1825 and became a member of the new Democratic Party, supporting Jackson's policies and his future presidential administration. However, he left the Democrats in 1836 and was a Whig candidate in that year's presidential election.

An ardent strict constructionist and lifelong states' rights advocate, White was one of President Jackson's most trusted allies in Congress in the late 1820s and early 1830s. White fought against the national bank, tariffs, and the use of federal funds for internal improvements, and led efforts in the Senate to pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830. In 1833, at the height of the Nullification Crisis, White, as the Senate's president pro tempore, coordinated negotiations over the Tariff of 1833.

Suspicious of the growing power of the presidency, White began to distance himself from Jackson in the mid-1830s, and realigned himself with Henry Clay and the burgeoning Whig Party. He was eventually forced out of the Senate when Jackson's allies, led by James K. Polk, gained control of the Tennessee state legislature and demanded his resignation.

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referencedIn W. Keats Sparrow Papers, 1836-1977 East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
creatorOf White, Hugh Lawson, 1773-1840. Papers, 1834-1848. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf White, Hugh Lawson, 1773-1840. Hugh Lawson White papers, 1838-1840. Library of Congress
referencedIn Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
referencedIn Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850,. Letters to Benjamin Watkins Leigh [manuscript] 1819-1842. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Tazewell family. Papers, 1756-1931. Library of Virginia
creatorOf Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931. Correspondence concerning an 1810 Thomas Jefferson letter [manuscript], 1923. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860. Letter to Hugh Lawson White [manuscript], 1826 February 26. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Knox County (Tenn.). Land records of Knox and Davidson counties, Tennessee, 1786-1805. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002. Index to International Congresses, International Expositions, Non - International Congresses, and Ceremonial Missions, ca. 1822 - 1910 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
referencedIn Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876. Papers, 1831-1867. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Johnson, Cave, 1793-1866. Cave Johnson papers, 1833-1948. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf White, Hugh Lawson, 1773-1840. Letter, 1830. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Forsyth, John, 1780-1841. Letter to Senator Hugh L. White. : U.S. Department of State : LS, 1834 Dec. 2. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Tazewell family. Papers, 1623-1930 Library of Virginia
referencedIn Overton, John, 1766-1833. John Overton papers, 1790-1840 [microfilm manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Grundy, Felix, 1777-1840. Grundy, Felix 1777-1840 1832 June 9 letter. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007. Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1912 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
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associatedWith Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876. person
associatedWith Buckingham, L. S. person
associatedWith Forsyth, John, 1780-1841. person
associatedWith Foster, Ephraim Hubbard, 1795?-1854. person
associatedWith Grundy, Felix, 1777-1840. person
associatedWith Johnson, Cave, 1793-1866. person
associatedWith Knox County (Tenn.) corporateBody
sibling-in-law of Overton, John, 1766-1833 person
associatedWith Proud, J. G. (John Greene), d. 1883. person
associatedWith Sergeant, John, 1779-1852. person
associatedWith Sparrow, W. Keats. person
associatedWith Tazewell family. family
associatedWith Tazewell family. family
associatedWith Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860. person
memberOf United States. Congress. Senate corporateBody
spouseOf White, Anne E. Peyton. person
childOf White, James, 1747-1821. person
sibling-in-law of Williams, John, 1778-1837 person
associatedWith Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Iredell County NC US
District of Columbia DC US
Lancaster PA US
Knoxville TN US
Nashville TN US
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Birth 1773-10-30

Death 1840-04-10

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