Philo White, Jr., (June 23, 1796 – February 15, 1883) was an American newspaper publisher, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
[3] His paternal grandfather was Judge Hugh White, the namesake of Whitestown, New York, and a quartermaster during the American Revolutionary War.
[5] In 1820, after spending a few years in a printing office in Utica, White moved to Salisbury, North Carolina.
[7] On February 25, 1856, he was nominated as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ecuador but it was withdrawn before the Senate acted on it.
White presented his recall on September 14, 1858, and was succeeded by Charles R. Buckalew who was appointed by James Buchanan.