Politics
- William White (MP for Lymington) (died 1594), MP for Lymington
- William White (MP) (1606–1661), MP for Clitheroe in 1660
- William White (Secretary of State) (1762–1811), North Carolina Secretary of State, 1798–1811
- William White (Canadian politician), elected member of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories, 1883–1885
- Sir William Arthur White (1824–1891), British diplomat
- William J. White (1850–1923), United States Representative from Ohio
- Sir William Thomas White (1866–1955), Canadian politician and Cabinet minister
- Bill White (Canadian politician) (1915–1981), first Black Canadian to run for provincial or federal political office in Canada
- Bill White (Texas politician) (born 1954), former mayor of the city of Houston (Texas, USA) and a candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election in 2010
- William Henry White (politician) (1865–1930), Canadian Member of Parliament from Alberta
- William White (New Zealand politician) (1849–1900), New Zealand Member of Parliament
- William White (jurist) (1822–1883), Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court judge
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