James Bamford White (June 6, 1842 – March 25, 1931) was an American educator, lawyer, Confederate Civil War veteran, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1901 to 1903.

Born near Winchester, Kentucky, White attended the common schools and the Mount Zion Academy, Macon County, Illinois.

He entered the Confederate States Army in the fall of 1863 and served in the commands of Generals Breckinridge and Morgan until the close of the Civil War, when he was honorably discharged.

He continued the practice of his profession in Irvine, Kentucky, until his retirement in 1919.

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