Edward Douglass White

Edward Douglass White, Jr. , American politician and jurist, was a United States senator, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the ninth Chief Justice of the United States, serving 19101921. He was best known for formulating the Rule of Reason standard of antitrust law.

White was born in 1845 in his parents plantation house, now known as the Edward Douglass White House, near the town of Thibodauxville in Lafourche Parish in south Louisiana. He was the son of Edward Douglass White, Sr., a former governor of Louisiana, and Catherine Ringgold. He was a grandson of Dr. James White, a U.S. representative, physician, and judge.

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