What is Mark White?
{{Infobox officeholder |name=Mark Wells White, Jr., |image=Governor Mark White.jpg |alt= |caption=Governor Mark White addressing a joint session of the Texas Legislature on January 14, 1987, six days before leaving office. |order=[[List of Governors of Texas|43rd]] |office=Governor of Texas |term_start=January 18, 1983 |term_end=January 20, 1987 |lieutenant=[[William P. Hobby Jr.]] |predecessor=Bill Clements |successor=[[Bill Clements]] |order2=[[Texas Attorney General|46th]] |office2=Attorney General of Texas |term_start2=January 19, 1979 |term_end2=January 18, 1983 |governor2=[[Bill Clements]] |predecessor2=[[John Hill (Texas politician)|John Hill]] |successor2=[[Jim Mattox]] |order3=[[List of Secretaries of State of Texas|74th]] |office3=Secretary of State of Texas |term_start3=January 19, 1973 |term_end3=October 27, 1977 |governor3=[[Dolph Briscoe]] |predecessor3=[[V. Larry Teaver, Jr.]] |successor3=[[George Strake, Jr.]] |birth_name=Mark Wells White |birth_date={{birth date|1940|03|17}} |birth_place=[[Longview, Texas|Longview]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date={{death date and age|2017|8|5|1940|3|17}} |death_place=[[Houston]], [[Texas]], U.S. |spouse=Linda Gale Thompson |children=3 (two sons, one daughter) |profession=[[Lawyer]] and [[politician]] |alma_mater=[[Baylor University]] |residence=[[Houston]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |branch=[[Texas National Guard]] |serviceyears= |rank= |battles=[[Vietnam War]] |unit=36th Infantry Division |footnotes= }} '''Mark Wells White, Jr.,''' (March 17, 1940 &ndash; August 5, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]]. He served as the [[List of Governors of Texas|43rd]] [[Governor of Texas]] serving from January 18, 1983 to January 20, 1987. White died at age 77 at his home in [[Houston]], Texas on August 5, 2017 from a [[heart attack]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Former-Gov-Mark-White-dead-at-77-11736631.php|title=Former Texas Gov. Mark White dead