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'''William Francis White''' (1816 – May 16, 1890) was an Irish-American pioneer, merchant, farmer, author and politician who served two terms as a California Bank Commissioner from 1879 to 1887.<ref>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=E. S. |author-link= |date=1892 |title=History of Santa Cruz County, California |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsantacr00harr/page/301/mode/1up |location=San Francisco |publisher=[[Pacific Press Publishing Association]] |pages=301–302 |isbn=}}</ref>
In 1878, he was elected a delegate to [[California Constitutional Conventions#Sacramento Convention of 1878–79|California's Second Constitutional Convention]] on the [[Workingmen's Party of California|Workingmen's]] ticket, representing [[Santa Cruz County, California|Santa Cruz]], [[Monterey County, California|Monterey]], and [[San Benito County, California|San Benito Counties]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vivian |first1=T. J. |last2=Waldron |first2=D. G. |author-link= |date=1878 |title=Biographical sketches of the delegates to the convention to frame a new constitution for the State of California, 1878 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ia.ark:/13960/t58d7xg97&seq=147 |location=San Francisco |publisher=Francis & Valentine |page=141 |isbn=}}</ref> The [[1879 California gubernatorial election|next year]], he was the party's nominee for [[Governor of California]], coming in third place behind [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Hugh J. Glenn]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[George Clement Perkins]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/7605 |title=William F. White |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=JoinCalifornia |publisher= |access-date=4 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref> After his loss, he was appointed a State Bank Commissioner by outgoing Governor [[William Irwin (California politician)|William Irwin]], serving in that position until 1887.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=13 May 1890 |title=Wm. F. White Dead. |url=https://www
He was the father of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Stephen M. White]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Griffin |first=Geo. Butler |date=June 1, 1889 |title=Los Angeles Biographic Sketches: Hon. Stephen M. White |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLwRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT16 |magazine=The Overland Monthly |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=Overland Monthly Company |page=4 |via=[[Google Books]] |ref={{sfnRef|Griffin}}}}</ref>
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