White served as the chairman of Chatfield's board of supervisors when the city was organized in 1858. He served in the Minnesota Senate from 1872 to 1876, and again from 1881 to 1882. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). After leaving Congress he resumed his mercantile pursuits.
White was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth congress. He served as mayor of Chatfield for several terms, and also served as a member of the Chatfield school board.
Death
White died in Chatfield on May 18, 1913.[1] He was buried at Chatfield Cemetery in Chatfield.
References
^"Milo White Dead". The Princeton Union. May 22, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved April 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.