Jesse White (politician)

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Jesse White
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1999
Governor Rod Blagojevich
Preceded by George Ryan
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born June 23, 1934 (1934-06-23) (age 73)
Alton, IL
Political party Democratic

Jesse White (born June 23, 1934) is a Democratic American politician. He is currently the 37th Secretary of State of Illinois, the first African-American to hold this position.

White was born in Alton, Illinois. He attended Alabama State University, where he played baseball and basketball, and he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1957. He served in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army from 1957-1959. In May 1995, White was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.[1] He was an all-city baseball and basketball player at Chicago's Waller High School (now Lincoln Park Academy) and was inducted into the Chicago Public League Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in June 1995. In 1999, he was inducted into the Alabama State University Sports Hall of Fame.

In 1959 White founded the Jesse White Tumbling Team and played professional baseball in the Chicago Cubs organization, though he never appeared with the major league club.

White was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1974 and served for 16 years. He was elected Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois in 1992 and re-elected in 1996. White was elected Secretary of State of Illinois in 1998, was re-elected in 2002 and again in 2006. In some Chicago neighborhoods the term "Jesse White" is street slang for cocaine, Chicago Police Department officials have said.

Contents

  • 2006 Race for Secretary of State of Illinois
  • 2002 Race for Secretary of State of Illinois
    • Jesse White (D) (inc.), 69%
    • Kristine O'Rourke Cohn (R), 29%
  • 1998 Race for Secretary of State of Illinois
    • Jesse White (D), 57%
    • Al Salvi (R), 43%

  1. ^ Jesse White Biography Retrieved 21 March 2007.

  1. ^  White, Jesse. Interviewed by Wayne Hagin. St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs baseball game. KMOX AM, St. Louis. 6 September 2005.

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Government of Illinois
Governor Rod Blagojevich (D)
Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn (D)
Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D)
Secretary of State Jesse White (D)
Comptroller Daniel Hynes (D)
Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D)

State Secretaries of State in the United States
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AL: Beth Chapman
AK: No such office
AR: Charlie Daniels
AZ: Jan Brewer
CA: Debra Bowen
CO: Mike Coffman
CT: Susan Bysiewicz
DE: Harriett Smith Windsor
FL: Kurt S. Browning
GA: Karen Handel

HI: No such office
ID: Ben Ysursa
IL: Jesse White
IN: Todd Rokita
IA: Michael Mauro
KS: Ron Thornburgh
KY: Trey Grayson
LA: Jay Dardenne
MD: Dennis Schnepfe
MA: Bill Galvin

ME: Matthew Dunlap
MI: Terri Lynn Land
MN: Mark Ritchie
MS: Eric Clark
MO: Robin Carnahan
MT: Brad Johnson
NE: John Gale
NV: Ross Miller
NH: Bill Gardner
NJ: Nina Mitchell Wells

NM: Mary Herrera
NY: Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez
NC: Elaine Marshall
ND: Al Jaeger
OH: Jennifer Brunner
OK: M. Susan Savage
OR: Bill Bradbury
PA: Pedro Cortes
RI: Ralph Mollis
SC: Mark Hammond

SD: Chris Nelson
TN: Riley Darnell
TX: Phil Wilson
UT: Gary R. Herbert
VT: Deb Markowitz
VA: Katherine Hanley
WA: Sam Reed
WV: Betty Ireland
WI: Doug LaFollette
WY: Max Maxfield
*In states without a Secretary of State, the Lt. Governor may perform some of the typical functions of a Secretary of State, but the offices are not the same as the Lieutenant Governor of Utah holds many statutory responsibilities that other Lt. Gov's do not.
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