Preceded by Littleton Waller Tazewell Preceded by Andrew Jackson |
Hugh Lawson White President pro tempore of the US Senate1832—1833 US Senator (Class 2) from Tennessee1825—1840 |
Succeeded by George Poindexter Succeeded by Alexander O. Anderson |
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He was born in Rowan County, North Carolina (currently Iredell County) on Oct 30, 1773. Politically, Hugh White was a close ally of Andrew Jackson, whom he succeeded as US Senator from Tennessee. He, too, was against a national ban, tariffs, and even of the federal government participation in infrastructure projects. He was a leader in the Senate for the Indian Removal Act (1830), which led to the infamous Trail of Tears. Lawyer, banker, US senator, presidential candidate.[1] Husband of Elizabeth Moore Carrick. They were the parents of Charles Andrew Carrick, James Moon May, Betsy Moon (m Scott), Polly Lawson (m Swan), Lucinda Blount, Peggy Ann (m Alexander), Cynthia Williams, Malinda McDowell, Hugh Lawson, Isabella Harvey, and Samuel Davis.[2]
Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. He succeeded Andrew Jackson and served in the United States Senate, representing Tennessee, from 1825 until his resignation in 1840, and was a Whig candidate for President in 1836. He also served as a state supreme court justice, and president of the Knoxville branch of the Bank of Tennessee.
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 Clay compromise.
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. He was forced to resign on January 13, 1840.
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