A W White

NAME, Years Elected to City Council

A W White was on the City Council in 1860.

POLITICAL AFFILIATION

BIO

Like many early Oakland residents, White was an amateur horticulturist. He is known to have raised prize-winning nectarines, rasberries and blackberries. ¹ He was the owner of a wholesale and liquor shop at 61st and Adeline, perhaps making him the first City Council member to own a liquor store. ²

OTHER POSITIONS IN CITY GOVERNMENT

1896 (at least): Sheriff of Alameda County ³

REFERENCES

• 1. Magazine of Horticulture, Botany and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs Hovey & Co: 1859.
• 2. Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Oakland,Berkeley and Alameda Directory. Polk-Husted Directory Company: 1916.
• 3. "SURRENDERED AT VICTORIA: MENZENMEYER HANDED OVER BY THE AUTHORITIES." San Francisco Chronicle: Feb 9, 1896.