Edward Douglass White (March 3, 1795 – April 18, 1847) was a 19th century American lawyer and politician who served as the tenth Governor of Louisiana and a member of the United States House of Representatives.

(Although his parents apparently never married, his father acknowledged him, and the circumstances of his birth did not impede his education or future success.)

In 1815, White graduated from the former University of Nashville, afterward beginning a law practice in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, the seat of Ascension Parish, south of Baton Rouge.

Ten years later, he was appointed by Governor Henry S. Johnson, also of Donaldsonville, as an Associate Judge of the New Orleans Municipal Court in 1825.

His home in Thibodaux is now operated by the Louisiana State Museum as the Edward Douglass White Historic Site.