Robert White
State legislature · District of Columbia · District At-Large
Democratic
Biography
A proud fifth generation Washingtonian, Robert C. White, Jr. is in his second term as At-Large Member of the Council of the District of Columbia. He chairs the Council’s Committee on Housing. Robert began his career in public service as a law clerk in the Maryland District Court for Montgomery County. For five years, he worked in the United States Congress, serving as Legislative Counsel to the District’s Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. In 2014, he was tapped by Attorney General Karl A. Racine to serve as the first Director of Community Outreach for the DC Office of the Attorney General. In 2016, Robert was elected as an at-large Councilmember with the highest number of votes in the history of DC’s elected Council. He was re-elected in 2020 and has served as chair of the Council’s Committee on Housing Since 2023. Robert is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
On the record
- Education
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Profession
- Law clerk; Legislative Counsel; Director of Community Outreach; Councilmember; Adjunct professor
- Religion
- Catholic
- Family
- Married; two children.
Contact
- rwhite@dccouncil.gov