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Hugh White
Overview
Hugh White (1798–1870) was a Hamilton College alumnus (Class of 1823) who became a member of the United States Congress representing New York. He was a member of a prominent central New York family: his grandfather Hugh White was a soldier in the Revolutionary War who settled in what became Whitestown, New York, making the Whites among the founding families of the region Hamilton College served. Hugh White (Class of 1823) is documented in the Hamilton catalogs for 1820–21 through 1822–23, entering as “Hugh White, Jr.” and graduating in 1823.
Relevance to Research
White is one of a remarkable cohort of Hamilton alumni from the early 1820s who entered national political and civic life, cited retrospectively in Hamilton Life (March 1915) alongside other distinguished Hamiltonians of that era including A. P. Grant (also Class of 1823, M.C.), Rutger Bleecker (Class of 1821, U.S. Senator), Abijah Gilbert (Class of 1822, U.S. Senator), and Ward Hunt (Class of 1828, U.S. Supreme Court Justice). The 1896–97 catalog carries context about the White family in an obituary for his son William Mansfield White, underscoring the multigenerational Hamilton connection.
Notes
- Hamilton College, Class of 1823; listed in catalogs as “Hugh White, Jr.” (1820–21) and “Hugh White” (1821–22, 1822–23)
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (M.C.); served alongside A. P. Grant, also Class of 1823
- Member of the White family of Whitestown, New York — his grandfather was the founder of Whitestown; his son William Mansfield White later attended Hamilton (Class noted in the 1896–97 catalog)
- Cited in the March 1915 Hamilton Life in a retrospective list of distinguished Hamiltonians from the 1820s and 1830s
- The 1896–97 catalog records a multigenerational family connection through the obituary of his son William Mansfield White
Related Sources
- hamilton-life-1915-03-24 — retrospective list of distinguished alumni
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-1820-21 — student listing as “Hugh White, Jr.”
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-1821-22 — student listing
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-1822-23 — student listing, graduation year
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-1896-97 — family context in William Mansfield White obituary