Frank White (December 12, 1856 – March 23, 1940) was an American politician who served as the eighth governor of North Dakota from 1901 to 1905.

[1] His father, Joshua, served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846 and in the Illinois House of Representatives.

The couple had one son, Edwin Lee White who was born in Valley City, North Dakota, on July 5, 1896.

He was re-elected in 1896, but resigned from this post to become a commissioned major of the First North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, Spanish–American War.

Throughout his service in the war, White participated in over twenty engagements, was a highly respected leader, and was awarded the Silver Star for bravery during combat.

In 1914, White organized the Middlewest Loan & Trust Company and was its president until America's entry into World War I.

His career in politics was not finished, though, for in 1921 White was named United States Treasurer at the request of President Warren G. Harding.

Having served in the position of US Treasurer from 1921, he resigned in May 1928[6] to become president of Southern Mortgage Guaranty Corporation at Chattanooga, Tennessee.