Death and Legacy
White died in office and his remains were buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.. The Georgetown graveyard overlooks Rock Creek; also interred there are Associate Justice Noah Swayne and "almost-Justice" Edwin M. Stanton. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase was also buried there, but his body was transferred after 14 years to Cincinnati, Ohio's Spring Grove Cemetery.
White's statue is one of the two honoring Louisiana natives in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Another statue is in front of the Louisiana Supreme Court building in New Orleans. The second statue is a local landmark on the New Orleans scene. "Big Green Ed", as his likeness is often referred to, is a favorite of locals and tourists alike. Visitors are often seen sitting at the base of his likeness, discussing issues of the day. Moreover, local custom holds that those who run around the statue in a counterclockwise direction will not be arrested that night.
Edward Douglas White Catholic High School in Thibodaux, Louisiana, bears his name (although it dropped the extra "s" at the end of Douglass).
In his honor, the Edward Douglass White Lectures take place annually at the Louisiana State University Law Center. They have featured such distinguished speakers as Chief Justices Warren E. Burger and William H. Rehnquist.
The play "Father Chief Justice: Edward Douglass White and the Constitution" by LSU Law Center professor Paul Baier was based on White's life.
In early January 2009 the State of Louisiana commissioned American Memorial Restoration of Sherman Texas to restore and preserve the memorial statue of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, Jr., that resides on the front steps of the Louisiana Supreme Court Building at 400 Royal Street in the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans. Photos of the statue's new look are at American Memorial Restoration.
In 1995, White was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
Edward Douglass White Council #2473 of the Knights of Columbus in Arlington VA is named in his honor.
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