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{{short description|Democratic U.S. Senator from Alabama}}
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|name               = Frank White
|image              = Francis S. White.jpeg
|jr/sr1             = United States Senator
|state1             = [[Alabama]]
|term_start1        = May 11, 1914
|term_end1          = March 3, 1915
|predecessor1       = [[Joseph F. Johnston]]
|successor1         = [[Oscar Underwood]]
|office2            = Member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]]
|term2              = 1875<br>1882-1883
|birth_date         = {{birth date|1847|3|13}}
|birth_place        = [[Prairie Point, Mississippi|Prairie Point]], [[Mississippi]]
|death_date         = {{death date and age|1922|8|1|1847|3|13}}
|death_place        = [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]
|party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|allegiance          = {{flagicon|CSA}} [[Confederate States of America]]
|branch              = {{army|CSA}}
|rank                = Private
|battles             = [[American Civil War]]
|unit                = Company F, [[1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment|First Mississippi Cavalry]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2963|title=Frank White|access-date=2022-01-15}}</ref>
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'''Francis Shelley White''' (March 13, 1847{{spaced ndash}}August 1, 1922) was a [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Alabama]]. Born in [[Noxubee County, Mississippi]], he became a lawyer and served in the Civil War. He was elected to the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]] and then moved to [[Birmingham, Alabama]] to practice law. He was elected to fill the term left by the death of [[Joseph F. Johnston]] and served from May 11, 1914, to March 4, 1915. He did not run for reelection. His interment was located in Birmingham's [[Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)|Elmwood Cemetery]].
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| before = [[Joseph F. Johnston]]
| after = [[Oscar Underwood]]
| alongside = [[John H. Bankhead]]
| years=     11 May 1914 – 4 March 1915 }}
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[[Category:People from Noxubee County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:People of Mississippi in the American Civil War]]
[[Category:Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Democratic Party United States senators from Alabama]]
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