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Compton Ignatius White, Jr. (December 19, 1920 – October 19, 1998) was a two-term congressman from northern Idaho. A Democrat, he was elected to the open seat in the first district in 1962 and re-elected in 1964. White is the last person from the Idaho Panhandle region to represent the state in Congress. ==Biography== The son of Congressman Compton I. White and Josephine Elizabeth White (née Bunn), White Jr. was born in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in his family's hometown of Clark Fork, Idaho, and in Washington, D.C.. He attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. for his freshman year of college, then transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, where he graduated in 1942. During World War II White worked as an engineer for Boeing in Seattle, and also in mining, logging, and livestock breeding. After the war, he returned to Clark Fork and served on the school board. From 1958 to 1962 White served as mayor of Clark Fork. In 1960, White announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Henry Dworshak, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by R. F. Bob McLaughlin. That seat was open again in 1962 after Dworshak's death in July, and Gracie Pfost was the Democratic nominee, vacating her first district seat in the House. White won the Democratic primary and general election, the same seat his father held for eight terms. White was re-elected in the Democratic landslide of 1964, but was defeated for a third term in 1966 by Republican state senator Jim McClure of Payette. Source:〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=U.S. House of Representatives )〕 White secured a position as a consultant with the U.S. Treasury Department in 1967. He ran again against McClure in 1968, but lost by a large margin. Afterwards, White returned to Clark Fork and served on its city council, as well as working in ranching once again. His grandson, Ryan M. White, currently serves as Legislative Director for Idaho Senator Jim Risch.〔http://www.idahostatesman.com/273/story/571750.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Compton I. White, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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