White, W.H. WHITE, Wallace Humphrey, Jr (1877-1952) Biographical Information Page 1 of 1 Biographical Directory of the WHITE, Wallace Humphrey, Jr, 1877-1952 United States Congress Senate Years of Service: 1931-1949 Party: Republican WHITE, Wallace Humphrey, Jr, (grandson of William Pierce Frye), a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, August 6, 1877; attended the 1774 A Present public schools of Lewiston; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1899; assistant clerk to the Biography Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, and secretary to his grandfather, Research Collections the President pro tempore 1899-1903; Bibliography studied law; was admitted to the bar and New Search commenced practice in Lewiston, Maine; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the six succeeding House History Page Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1931); was not a candidate for Senate History Page renomination in 1930, having become a candidate for Senator; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice Copyright Information (Sixty-sixth Congress), Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty- seventh through Sixty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses); served as a presidential appointee on a variety of commissions; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1930; reelected in 1936 and again in 1942 and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1949; was not a candidate for renomination in 1948; minority leader 1944-1947; majority leader 1947-1949; chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Eightieth Congress); retired from political and business activities; died in Auburn, Maine, March 31, 1952; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000396 2/5/2003 WHITE, Wallace Humphrey, Jr (1877-1952) Guide to Research Papers Page 1 of 1 Biographical Directory of the WHITE, Wallace Humphrey, Jr, 1877-1952 United States Congress Guide to Research Collections Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, DC Papers: 1915-1948 (bulk 1917-1927). 35 linear feet. Letters, scrapbooks (1915- 1948), and speeches deal chiefly with his 1774 OK Present career in the House of Representatives, but also with Senate service. A subject file Biography and legislation file (1925-1948) pertain to various topics including radio and Research Collections communications, merchant marine and Bibliography maritime affairs, fisheries, conservation, tariffs, the St. Lawrence Seaway, immigration, neutrality, interstate commerce, the New Search Passamaquoddy tidal project, national defense, taxes, and vaterans' House History Page benefits. There is no correspondence for the period 1931-1949. Finding aid. Senate History Page Maine Historical Society Portland, ME Papers: Miscellaneous political correspondence in various collections. University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library Ann Arbor, MI Papers: Correspondence in Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg papers, 1915-1951. Finding aid. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=W000396 2/5/2003