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Butler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#589.24.01">Samuel A. Childs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faulkner.html#926.21.38">Whiting C. Faulkner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flagg-flake.html#080.72.27">Henry Collins Flagg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilbert.html#793.06.72">Newton Whiting Gilbert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#770.28.74">Whiting Hayden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#920.10.00">Gerry Whiting Hazelton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#918.45.60">Jared Ingersoll</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#636.39.68">Lowell E. Jepson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#564.22.46">Edwin Olmstead Keeler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#035.50.08">Rex Edwin Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#879.06.51">Alvah Nash</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/risden-ritchey.html#201.06.98">Whiting Risley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitla-whitlow.html#651.10.61">Anna Whiting=Sorrell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#337.28.64">Whiting J. Wilcox</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willauer-william.html#904.84.94">Whiting Willauer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="574.59.45">Whiting, Adna</a> (1800-1862) — of Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; Plainville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/index.html">1800</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Farmington, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 3rd District, 1856. Died in Plainville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-12.html">June 12, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms04787">West Cemetery</a>, Plainville, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Whiting; married to Florella Lewis.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/46432628">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="473.65.76">Whiting, Almur Stiles</a> (1889-1959) — also known as Almur S. Whiting — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn.; Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-lived.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala. Born in Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-born.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/03-02.html">March 2, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Shipyard</a> paymaster; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/AL.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/AL.html">1952</a> (alternate). Died in Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-died.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/02-05.html">February 5, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-buried.html#cms00531">Pine Crest Cemetery</a>, Mobile, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Welcome Wilmarth Whiting and Medora Nancy (Stiles) Whiting; married to Erna Louise Rakowsky; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#735.59.49">Arthur Laban Bates</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#350.87.46">Emor L. Calkins</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#723.76.57">Adin Ballou Capron</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0072.html">Fairbanks-Adams family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0126.html">Pike family</a> of Lubec, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0260.html">Adams-Rusling family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "He still lives in our hearts."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51918458">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="701.18.00">Whiting, Anderson</a> — of Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Walworth County, 1854, 1860. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="565.48.98">Whiting, Asa</a> — of Standish, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AR-lived.html">Arenac County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AR-parties.html">Chair of Arenac County Republican Party</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="523.40.32">Whiting, Billington C.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California</a>, 1861. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="618.02.14">Whiting, Bowen</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1824-25. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="982.51.54">Whiting, Charles Edwin</a> (1821-1897) — of Iowa. Born in Sodus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-17.html">January 17, 1821</a>. Democrat. County judge in Iowa, 1857-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a>, 1874; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a>, 1883-87; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Iowa</a>, 1885. Died in Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-died.html">Monona County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-01.html">December 1, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 318 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-buried.html#cms05075">Whiting Cemetery</a>, Whiting, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Edwin Whiting (1797-1867) and Laurinda (Eveleth) Whiting; married to Nancy Criner; father of <a href="#370.67.41">William Criner Whiting</a>; uncle of <a href="#445.46.59">Willard Baxter Whiting</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#176.96.95">Jabez Upham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#242.54.33">George Baxter Upham</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#760.60.12">James Phineas Upham</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#076.83.55">Monroe Marsh Sweetland</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6663776">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="324.64.23">Whiting, Charles S.</a> (1863-1922) — of De Smet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/KI-lived.html">Kingsbury County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-born.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-25.html">May 25, 1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in South Dakota 9th Circuit, 1903-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/spjd.html">judge of South Dakota state supreme court</a> 3rd District, 1908-22; died in office 1922. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/03-25.html">March 25, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 304 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="823.42.21">Whiting, D. C.</a> — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/AL.html">1872</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="518.47.32">Whiting, David</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Greene County 1st District, 1857. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="242.95.97">Whiting, E. D.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 2, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="208.20.96">Whiting, E. F.</a> — of Balaton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/LY-lived.html">Lyon County</a>, Minn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MN.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="187.84.64">Whiting, E. I.</a> — of St. Johns, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/AP-lived.html">Apache County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/AZ.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="786.23.51">Whiting, E. P.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-lived.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 10, 1876-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="717.73.70">Whiting, Franklin M.</a> — of Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/berkeley.html#2">Berkeley, Calif.</a>, 1933-48 (acting, 1933-35). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="113.71.52">Whiting, Fred</a> — of Rapid City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE-lived.html">Pennington County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/SD.html">1992</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.56.22">Whiting, George Addison</a> (1827-1903) — also known as George A. Whiting — of California. Born in Holliston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-20.html">September 20, 1827</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 12th District, 1871-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Holliston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-14.html">September 14, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms05464">Lake Grove Cemetery</a>, Holliston, Mass. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="607.33.94">Whiting, George H.</a> — of Esmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/KI-lived.html">Kingsbury County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 23rd District, 1889-90. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="365.78.40">Whiting, Giles</a> — of Torrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Torrington, 1836-37. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="954.31.88">Whiting, Henry</a> — of Ellsworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/MEcc nELL">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1909. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="681.76.12">Whiting, Henry Hyer</a> — of Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/CA.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/CA.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="500.09.61">Whiting, Horatio</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ha-lived.html">Hampton</a>, Va. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/hampton.html#2">Hampton, Va.</a>, 1800-05. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="352.76.57">Whiting, I. R.</a> — of Evansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-lived.html">Vanderburgh County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IN.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="987.47.47">Whiting, Irving</a> — of Ansonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Ansonia; elected 1902; defeated, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="698.51.98">Whiting, J. E.</a> — of Woonsocket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/SA-lived.html">Sanborn County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 14th District, 1909-12. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="666.40.91">Whiting, Jack C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RO-lived.html">Roane County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Roane County, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="315.93.80">Whiting, Jason</a> — of Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/litchfield.html#3">Litchfield, Conn.</a>, 1842. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="772.40.44">Whiting, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Columbia County, 1815-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="686.53.32">Whiting, John D.</a> (b. 1882) — Born, of American parents in Jerusalem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-born.html">Israel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/06-10.html">June 10, 1882</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; U.S. Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-consuls.html ">Jerusalem</a>, 1908-14; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-consuls.html ">Jerusalem</a>, as of 1916-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="256.28.45">Whiting, John M.</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Miss. Born in Georgia. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/greenville.html#2">Greenville, Miss.</a>, 1816. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="914.62.16">Whiting, John N.</a> — of Torrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Torrington, 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="578.22.90">Whiting, Julius, Jr.</a> — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/OH.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="486.21.35">Whiting, Justin Rice</a> (1847-1903) — also known as Justin R. Whiting — of St. Clair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. Born in Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/02-18.html">February 18, 1847</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 17th District, 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 7th District, 1887-95; Fusion candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/MI.html">1900</a>. Died in St. Clair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-31.html">January 31, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-buried.html#cms00823">Hillside Cemetery</a>, St. Clair, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Emily Owen; father of Frances Whiting (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathcock-havenner.html#425.13.64">William Hatton</a>) and <a href="#639.29.96">Justin Rice Whiting (1886-1965)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14792.html">Whiting family</a> of St. Clair, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000415">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411574">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7437629">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="639.29.96">Whiting, Justin Rice</a> (1886-1965) — also known as Justin R. Whiting — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Born in St. Clair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-29.html">March 29, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; president and chairman, Consumers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Power</a> Company, 1949-59. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Istanbul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-died.html">Turkey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/03-01.html">March 1, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 337 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#486.21.35">Justin Rice Whiting (1847-1903)</a> and Emily (Owen) Whiting; sister of Frances Whiting (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathcock-havenner.html#425.13.64">William Hatton</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/10-01.html">October 1, 1910</a>, to Nellie L. Howell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14792.html">Whiting family</a> of St. Clair, Michigan.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="257.21.59">Whiting, Kennon</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ha-lived.html">Hampton</a>, Va. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/hampton.html#2">Hampton, Va.</a>, 1865-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="997.42.50">Whiting, L. D.</a> — of Illinois. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn4.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 45th District, 1869-70. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="674.97.83">Whiting, L. R.</a> — of Brenham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Tex. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/TX.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="192.90.61">Whiting, Levi C.</a> — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/bath.html#3">Bath, N.Y.</a>, 1841-46. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="371.82.12">Whiting, Lillian</a> — of San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-lived.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/TX.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="601.14.69">Whiting, Mark S.</a> — of South Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="275.71.58">Whiting, Mason</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Broome County, 1815-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="355.85.52">Whiting, O. H.</a> — of Chesterfield, Montville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/montville.html#4">Chesterfield, Conn.</a>, 1885-87. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="797.30.22">Whiting, Richard Henry</a> (1826-1888) — of Peoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PE-lived.html">Peoria County</a>, Ill. Born in West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/01-17.html">January 17, 1826</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Illinois District, 1873-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 9th District, 1875-77; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/IL.html">1884</a>. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-24.html">May 24, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PE-buried.html#cms00895">Springdale Cemetery</a>, Peoria, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#084.06.79">Ira Clifton Copley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000416">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411575">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="567.45.55">Whiting, Riley</a> — of Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Winchester, 1832. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="158.25.78">Whiting, Robert M.</a> — Republican. Independent Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 3rd District, 1870. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="784.23.52">Whiting, Samuel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Liberty, 1833. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="315.09.62">Whiting, Samuel</a> — of New Jersey. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BI-consuls.html ">Nassau</a>, 1861-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="641.52.13">Whiting, Sidney E., Jr.</a> — of Holyoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MA.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="889.82.25">Whiting, Timothy</a> — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/bath.html#3">Bath, N.Y.</a>, 1849-51. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="870.18.96">Whiting, Vernon W.</a> (1870-1956) — of Enid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/GA-lived.html">Garfield County</a>, Okla.; Pawhuska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OS-lived.html">Osage County</a>, Okla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SE-born.html">Seward County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/02-10.html">February 10, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate investor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/enid.html#2">Enid, Okla.</a>, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/OK.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/OK.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OS-died.html">Osage County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/12-08.html">December 8, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 302 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OS-buried.html# ">Pawhuska City Cemetery</a>, Pawhuska, Okla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George W. Whiting and Emma L. Whiting.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73680533">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="378.48.73">Whiting, W. S.</a> — of Shulls Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WT-lived.html">Watauga County</a>, N.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NC.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Whiting, Will C. See <a href="#370.67.41">William Criner Whiting</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="445.46.59">Whiting, Willard Baxter</a> (1874-1942) — also known as Willard B. Whiting — of Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-lived.html">Monona County</a>, Iowa. Born in Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-born.html">Monona County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/08-25.html">August 25, 1874</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/IA.html">1924</a>. Died in Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-died.html">Monona County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/09-09.html">September 9, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-buried.html#cms05075">Whiting Cemetery</a>, Whiting, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Bemis Whiting and Elizabeth Urania (Morley) Whiting; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/">1898</a> to Lulu Dorrance Bishop; nephew of <a href="#982.51.54">Charles Edwin Whiting</a>; first cousin of <a href="#370.67.41">William Criner Whiting</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#176.96.95">Jabez Upham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#242.54.33">George Baxter Upham</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#760.60.12">James Phineas Upham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/60822566">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="224.59.64">Whiting, William</a> — of Bozrah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bozrah, 1822, 1829. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="320.66.86">Whiting, William</a> (1813-1873) — of Massachusetts. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/03-03.html">March 3, 1813</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/MA.html">1864</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 3rd District, 1873; died in office 1873. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/06-29.html">June 29, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00547">Sleepy Hollow Cemetery</a>, Concord, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000417">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411576">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="154.52.17">Whiting, William</a> (1841-1911) — of Holyoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Born in Dudley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/05-24.html">May 24, 1841</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/holyoke.html">mayor of Holyoke, Mass.</a>, 1878-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 11th District, 1883-89; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MA.html">1896</a>. Died in Holyoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-died.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-09.html">January 9, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-buried.html#cms01032">Forestdale Cemetery</a>, Holyoke, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#563.39.42">William Fairfield Whiting</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000418">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411577">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="410.51.99">Whiting, William B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County, 1777-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Western District, 1781-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/capp.html">New York council of appointment</a>, 1782, 1785. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="868.35.11">Whiting, William B.</a> — of Corning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/corning.html#3">Corning, N.Y.</a>, 1849-51. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="370.67.41">Whiting, William Criner</a> (1857-1936) — also known as Will C. Whiting — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-lived.html">Monona County</a>, Iowa. Born in Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-born.html">Monona County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/09-05.html">September 5, 1857</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IA.html">1904</a>. Died in Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-died.html">Monona County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/12-07.html">December 7, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MN-buried.html#cms05075">Whiting Cemetery</a>, Whiting, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#982.51.54">Charles Edwin Whiting</a> and Nancy (Criner) Whiting; married to Mary E. Elliott; first cousin of <a href="#445.46.59">Willard Baxter Whiting</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#176.96.95">Jabez Upham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#242.54.33">George Baxter Upham</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#760.60.12">James Phineas Upham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34573592">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="487.99.62">Whiting, William E.</a> — of Ellsworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Hancock County, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="563.39.42">Whiting, William Fairfield</a> (1864-1936) — also known as William F. Whiting — of Holyoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Born in Holyoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/07-20.html">July 20, 1864</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MA.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Commerce</a>, 1928-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-31.html">August 31, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 42 days</a>). 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