Dan White
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White during a television appearance
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Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 8 |
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In office January 8, 1978 – November 10, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Don Horanzy |
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Daniel James White September 2, 1946 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 21, 1985 (aged 39) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Burns (1976–1985) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | San Francisco, California |
| Profession | Police officer firefighter politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1965–1971 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | 101st Airborne Division |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Daniel James "Dan" White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall. In a controversial verdict that led to the coining of the legal slang "Twinkie defense", White was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in the deaths of Milk and Moscone. White served five years of a seven-year prison sentence. Less than two years after his release, he returned to San Francisco and committed suicide.
Daniel James White was born in Long Beach, California, the second of nine children. He was raised by Irish-American, working class parents in a Roman Catholic household in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. He attended Riordan High School until he was expelled for violence in his junior year. He went on to attend Woodrow Wilson High School, where he was valedictorian of his class.
White enlisted in the United States Army in June 1965. He was a sergeant in the 101st Airborne Division in the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1970 and was honorably discharged in 1971.
White worked as a security guard at A. J. Dimond High School in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1972. He returned to San Francisco to work as a police officer. According to a SF Weekly newspaper account, citing no sources but based largely on interviews with two former political allies of White, he quit the force after reporting another officer for beating a handcuffed suspect.
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