26 November 1924 Clay County Texas
20 January 1995 Washington D. C.
Wynelle Watson Coffee White
A gentle and genteel man, a master of the politics of joy and consensus, he courageously stood for what was right transforming Texas and the Nation and each of us.
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
1951 - 1977
United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
1977 - 1978
Democratic National Party Chairman
1978 - 1981