Walter White (December 24, 1881 – February 14, 1951) was an American educator and politician from the state of Tennessee.

White was born in Meigs County, Tennessee, and educated at multiple universities.

He served in the state house again from 1941 to 1949, until his defeat by Democratic nominee Mary Shadow after losing the Republican nomination.

[9][10] He was a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention from Tennessee's 3rd congressional district and supported Thomas E. Dewey and Robert A.

[14] A resolution by White honoring Wendell Willkie was passed by the state house in 1945.

[17] White opposed Robert Kemmer's, a member of his political opposition, reelection to the Tennessee Senate in the 1948 election.

[24][25] The 9th District Republican Senatorial Convention gave him the nomination by acclamation[26] and he was elected to succeed Neal.

Senator Newell Sanders gave White a job as a clerk for the Congressional Post Office after his defeat.

[33] White defeated incumbent Democratic Representative Grover Harris in the 1932 election for a seat in the state house from the 10th floterial district.

[34][35][36] Democratic nominee Sue K. Hicks, who worked with White on the prosecution during the Scopes trial, defeated him in the 1934 election by twenty votes.

[37][38] White accused there of being fraud in the election, but the state house seated Hicks following the recommendation of an investigatory committee.

[42][43][44] He filed a petition with the Tennessee Election Commission seeking the removal of Ed Godsey and F.A.

[51] Smith challenged White for the Republican nomination during the 1948 election and both claimed victory in the primary.

[56] The Republican state executive committee declared Smith the winner which brought criticism from Ralph Duggan, the Dewey's presidential campaign manager in Tennessee.

[57] White stated that the committee ruled against him because he supported Dewey and announced his independent candidacy.

[62] White voted for Hillsman Taylor to be Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1909.

[65][66][67] White was selected as the minority leader in the state house in 1936, and also nominated for speaker.

[73] The county court selected to appoint White as superintendent rather than incumbent Tallent in 1939, by a vote of 11 to 8.

[85][86] In 1929, twenty-five property owners in Rhea County filed a lawsuit to remove White and seven members of the school board and in 1930, six members of the board were removed while White was acquitted, but fined $50 for being in contempt of court in 1930.

[96] White returned to his position after Justice Alexander W. Chambliss suspended all of the actions while the case was being heard.

[110] Bledsoe, Greene, and Meigs counties instructed their delegates to support White,[111] but none of the candidates received the endorsement of the state party at the convention.

[113] White was put up for the Republican nomination in the 1926 election without his permission as he was supporting former Governor Taylor.

[125] He proposed legislation to allocate $100,000 to create a printing facility in order to make textbooks free for elementary students.

[127][128] White supported women's suffrage and called for Republicans in the Tennessee state legislature to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.

[129][130] In 1943, he called for a convention to create a new state constitution which would eliminate the poll tax, lower the voting age to 18, creation of an income tax, four-year terms for all non-judicial officials, all elections held with the presidential election, and a requirement that all rulings from the state supreme court be unanimous.