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Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atkinson.html#389.82.67">Roy Whitney Atkinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#757.38.05">Whitney W. Ballantine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#061.70.48">Eben Whitney Chaffee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#026.83.37">John Paul Clarke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#025.51.94">Lena Marietta Thankful Clarke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#159.44.34">Andrew Whitney Cobb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook8.html#382.05.65">Stephen Lee Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooke.html#508.91.64">George Whitney Cooke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosby.html#758.96.32">Matthew Barnard Crosby</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#722.97.17">James Whitney Dunn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elliott.html#672.09.24">Whitney Elliott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilberta-gilgun.html#185.84.17">Gilbert S. Gilbertson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilliam-gillon.html#109.08.19">Whitney Gillilland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#202.33.82">Samuel Whitney Hale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall5.html#939.99.44">J. Whitney Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#171.26.84">Whitney P. Holcombe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#135.37.88">Robert Whitney Imbrie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#574.83.54">Whitney Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#324.83.38">Whitney Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#382.84.33">Ira Jennings Kellogg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#549.45.31">William Whitney Kitchen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knappen-kniffin.html#365.48.20">Whitney Knaus</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#117.74.76">Geoffrey Whitney Lewis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#989.33.79">Harold Whitney Mason</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrow.html#284.85.61">Dwight Whitney Morrow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newton.html#100.47.58">Whitney Newton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/okeefe.html#502.44.17">Whitney O'Keefe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perryman-petersen.html#748.72.09">Andrew James Peters</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#448.15.94">John Smith Phelps</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rice.html#304.30.61">William Whitney Rice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyer.html#707.80.10">W. Whitney Sawyer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#856.94.49">Whitney North Seymour Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepperd-sherlock.html#923.04.41">Moses G. Sherburne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stearns.html#027.73.29">Asahel Stearns</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas4.html#221.29.69">Harlan Whitney Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#675.66.94">Jefferson Truly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#162.38.03">Everette Geoffrey Truly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wade.html#512.17.58">L. Whitney Wade</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#870.78.95">William Barrett Washburn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#545.09.22">Thomas Glasby Waterman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#430.94.97">Robert Whitney Waterman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watkins-watrous.html#321.21.99">Lucius Whitney Watkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilfley-wilkin.html#332.84.21">James Whitney Wilkin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#511.55.15">John Williams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young9.html#287.87.01">Whitney Young</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young7.html#533.50.43">Philip Young</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="245.51.11">Whitney, A. F.</a> — of Bay Village, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/OH.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/OH.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> Whitney, A. P. See <a href="#924.13.86">Albion Paris Whitney</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="453.85.45">Whitney, Aaron, Jr.</a> — of Mt. Clemens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/mountclemens.html#3">Mt. Clemens, Mich.</a>, 1835-36. 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="282.54.62">Whitney, Abel</a> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/adrian.html#3">Adrian, Mich.</a>, 1843-49. 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="447.94.39">Whitney, Abner D.</a> — of Madrid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 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="924.13.86">Whitney, Albion Paris</a> (1825-1884) — also known as A. P. Whitney — of Petaluma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-lived.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif. Born in Corinth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/09-15.html">September 15, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain shipper</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1875; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CA.html">1876</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/02-10.html">February 10, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-buried.html#cms05523">Cypress Hill Memorial Park</a>, Petaluma, Calif. <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 Whitney and Olive (Parlin) Whitney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/02-01.html">February 1, 1850</a>, to Susan D. Eastman.</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/51041328">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="262.27.29">Whitney, Andrew C.</a> — of Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Michigan</a>, 1824-26. 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> Whitney, Anita See <a href="#436.56.45">Charlotte Anita Whitney</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="921.37.29">Whitney, Arthur</a> (b. 1871) — of Mendham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Born in Morris Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-born.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-05.html">July 5, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Morris County, 1917-18; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Morris County, 1919-25; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1925; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NJ.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</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="053.22.08">Whitney, Benjamin</a> — of Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/cumberland.html">Cumberland, Maine</a>, 1889. 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="932.34.48">Whitney, Blanche R.</a> — of White Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1942; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NY.html">1944</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="018.00.04">Whitney, C. K.</a> — of Oberlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LO-lived.html">Lorain County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/OH.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> <a name="051.38.70">Whitney, Charles E.</a> (b. 1852) — of Muskegon Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-lived.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich. Born in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/index.html">1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Muskegon County 2nd District, 1897-1900. 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="592.49.97">Whitney, Charles H.</a> (1838-1912) — of Cookeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Tenn. Born in Bridgton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/01-16.html">January 16, 1838</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">contractor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/cookeville.html#2">Cookeville, Tenn.</a>, 1907-10. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/church-of-christ.html">Church of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Cookeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-died.html">Putnam County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/12-25.html">December 25, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-buried.html#cms08437">Cookeville City Cemetery</a>, Cookeville, Tenn. <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. Whitney and Angela (Phinney) Whitney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/10-28.html">October 28, 1860</a>, to Mary Alicia 'Alice' Wirt.</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/57118091">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.waukeganweb.net/Whitney,%20Charles%20H.-1885.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/411/91.72.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Charles H. Whitney"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="411.91.72">Whitney, Charles H.</a> — of Waukegan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/waukegan.html">Mayor of Waukegan, Ill.</a>, 1885; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/IL.html">1896</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">Image source: City of Waukegan</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="436.56.45">Whitney, Charlotte Anita</a> (c.1868-1955) — also known as Anita Whitney — of California. Born about 1868. Communist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">Social worker</a>; in 1919, she gave a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">radical speech</a> in Oakland, California; as a result, she was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">found guilty</a> of violating the state's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">syndicalism</a> law; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> by Governor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young2.html#955.14.97">C. C. Young</a>.; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1928, 1940 (Communist). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/02-04.html">February 4, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</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: Daughter of <a href="#336.87.80">George E. Whitney</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/field-fielding.html#156.84.02">Stephen Johnson Field</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/12261.html">Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wells family</a> of California.</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="597.58.76">Whitney, Cloy E.</a> (1910-1979) — of Kirksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AD-lived.html">Adair County</a>, Mo. Born in Fort Morgan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/MR-born.html">Morgan County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/11-15.html">November 15, 1910</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Adair County, 1963-66. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/index.html">1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/">1934</a> to Anne M. Wood.</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="195.47.82">Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt</a> (1899-1992) — also known as Cornelius V. Whitney; "Sonny" — of Westbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Born in Roslyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-born.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/02-20.html">February 20, 1899</a>. Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Airways</a>; chairman, Hudson Bay <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Smelting</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">horse breeder</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1932; along with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#523.60.93">David O. Selznick</a>, he helped to finance and produce <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Hollywood films</a> in the 1930s and 1940s. Died in Saratoga Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-died.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/12-13.html">December 13, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 297 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 Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-05.html">March 5, 1923</a>, to Marie Norton (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriman.html#615.62.08">William Averell Harriman</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/09-29.html">September 29, 1931</a>, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/06-18.html">June 18, 1941</a>, to Eleanor Searle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/01-24.html">January 24, 1958</a>, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford; grandson of <a href="#394.15.27">William Collins Whitney</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#917.57.79">Henry Melville Whitney</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#504.81.46">Henry B. Payne</a> and <a href="#254.13.39">James Scollay Whitney</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flagg-flake.html#080.72.27">Henry Collins Flagg</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#418.17.41">William Henry Vanderbilt III</a> and <a href="#088.33.60">John Hay Whitney</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#425.37.47">Frances Payne Bolton</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burcham-burdette.html#493.89.19">William Armistead Moale Burden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#659.80.35">Oliver Payne Bolton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burcham-burdette.html#072.10.10">Shirley Carter Burden Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgess.html#007.11.93">Thomas Mackie Burgess</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/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York; <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/10001-0137.html">Morton family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0489.html">Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family</a> of Ohio and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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="862.75.37">Whitney, Craig</a> — of Gladstone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CY-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MO.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="135.83.53">Whitney, D. L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SI-lived.html">Sierra County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 22nd District, 1871-73. 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="237.44.07">Whitney, Daniel Darling</a> (1818-1914) — also known as Daniel D. Whitney — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-born.html">Nassau County</a>), Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/01-31.html">January 31, 1818</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/brooklyn.html#2">mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y.</a>, 1886-87. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/index.html">1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">about 96 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <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 Dainel Whitney and Nancy (Valentine) Whitney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/07-05.html">July 5, 1845</a>, to Sarah Titus; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#541.43.02">Martin Keeler</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#857.76.97">William Anson Floyd</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#412.80.96">Stephen Hiram Keeler</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#869.69.86">Nicoll Floyd</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bandel-bankhead.html#612.92.69">Alfred Walstein Bangs</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#153.32.70">John Clarence Keeler</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/10001-0065.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York; <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel D. Whitney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4686">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=263817">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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="067.73.93">Whitney, Daniel H.</a> (1806-1864) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/index.html">1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Boone County, 1847. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/02-12.html">February 12, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-buried.html#cms03143">Belvidere Cemetery</a>, Belvidere, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="264.36.34">Whitney, Daniel M.</a> — of Green Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, Wis. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/greenbay.html#2">Green Bay, Wis.</a>, 1862-66. 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="854.03.21">Whitney, Darling B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County, 1845. 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="065.43.58">Whitney, Douglas B.</a> — of Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. 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="300.09.10">Whitney, Edward A.</a> — of Sheridan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/SH-lived.html">Sheridan County</a>, Wyo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sheridan.html">Mayor of Sheridan, Wyo.</a>, 1887. 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="428.16.95">Whitney, Edward Baldwin</a> (1857-1911) — also known as Edward B. Whitney — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/08-15.html">August 15, 1857</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1904, 1906; appointed 1909; defeated, 1910; appointed 1910; died in office 1911. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Cornwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-05.html">January 5, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms05113">Cornwall Cemetery</a>, Cornwall, 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 Elizabeth Wooster (Baldwin) Whitney and William Dwight Whitney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-11.html">April 11, 1896</a>, to <a href="#043.05.11">Josepha Whitney</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#707.40.36">Simeon Eben Baldwin</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#660.44.61">Roger Sherman Baldwin</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#417.79.91">Simeon Baldwin</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#184.57.68">Roger Sherman</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#783.42.92">Henry de Forest Baldwin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#573.12.50">Roger Sherman Hoar</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Baldwin Whitney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/166545300">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="786.22.92">Whitney, Elisha M.</a> — of Winchendon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MA.html">1904</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="123.77.96">Whitney, Elizabeth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/trea.html">California state treasurer</a>, 1987-89. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1989. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth Whitney">Wikipedia article</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="327.89.02">Whitney, Ellis W.</a> — of Roswell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/CH-lived.html">Chaves County</a>, N.M. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to New Mexico state constitutional convention</a>, 1969. Still living as of 1969. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="468.97.52">Whitney, Elmer E.</a> — of Leominster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/leominster.html">mayor of Leominster, Mass.</a>, 1939. 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="369.57.64">Whitney, Ernest Luther</a> (b. 1874) — also known as Ernest L. Whitney — of South Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-lived.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt. Born in North Dorset, Dorset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-born.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/06-17.html">June 17, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">letter carrier</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1941-45; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Chittenden County, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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="163.29.90">Whitney, F. Ralph</a> — of Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-lived.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncne.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Richmond, 1956. 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="383.30.89">Whitney, Frank C.</a> — of Ilion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ilion.html">Mayor of Ilion, N.Y.</a>, 1935, 1938. 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="848.84.45">Whitney, Frank J.</a> — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/memphis.html">mayor of Memphis, Tenn.</a>, 2003. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="171.90.01">Whitney, Frank M.</a> — of Eagle Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WG-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Iowa. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/eaglegrove.html">mayor of Eagle Grove, Iowa</a>, 1937. 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="767.84.72">Whitney, Franklin</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 25, 1872. 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="788.58.98">Whitney, Frederick G.</a> — of Pulaski, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1904-08 (Oswego County 2nd District 1904-06, Oswego County 1907-08). 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="826.59.48">Whitney, Freeman U.</a> — of Hampden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-lived.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/hampden.html">Hampden, Maine</a>, 1893-95. 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="606.11.00">Whitney, G. W.</a> — of Illinois. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IL.html">1868</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="855.37.92">Whitney, George</a> — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/pittsfield.html">Pittsfield, Maine</a>, 1860-61. 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="770.62.59">Whitney, George</a> — of Carrier Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SL-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IL.html">1940</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="449.15.84">Whitney, George A.</a> — of Rindge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-lived.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 9th District, 1875-76. 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="097.90.14">Whitney, George A.</a> — of Wadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WD-lived.html">Wadena County</a>, Minn. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/wadena.html#2">Wadena, Minn.</a>, 1890-94. 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="496.97.91">Whitney, George D.</a> — of Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/orange.html">first selectman of Orange, Connecticut</a>, 1989. Still living as of 1989. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="336.87.80">Whitney, George E.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1880. 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: Father of <a href="#436.56.45">Charlotte Anita Whitney</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/12261.html">Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wells family</a> of California.</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="920.92.21">Whitney, George E.</a> — of Texas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/texascity.html#2">Texas City, Tex.</a>, 1901. 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="714.23.91">Whitney, George E.</a> — of Enfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 3rd District, 1903-06. 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="880.86.52">Whitney, George H.</a> — of Mechanicville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County, 1903-10, 1912; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 30th District, 1913-18. 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="757.93.25">Whitney, George S.</a> (b. 1858) — of Faribault, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Born in La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-born.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-09.html">December 9, 1858</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. 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="522.71.31">Whitney, George W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TO-lived.html">Tuolumne County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 7th District, 1859-60. 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="918.58.14">Whitney, Harold</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AZ.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="023.39.93">Whitney, Harris S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Berrien County 2nd District, 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="762.55.05">Whitney, Harry Carroll</a> — of Wessington Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/JE-lived.html">Jerauld 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, 1953-54. 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="172.99.92">Whitney, Hazel</a> — of Powell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/PA-lived.html">Park County</a>, Wyo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/WY.html">1944</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="162.74.33">Whitney, Heather Anne</a> — of Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/MA.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="749.70.94">Whitney, Henry Franklin</a> (b. 1849) — also known as Henry F. Whitney — of Marlboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Vt. Born in Marlboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/06-09.html">June 9, 1849</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Marlboro, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Universalist</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="917.57.79">Whitney, Henry Melville</a> (1839-1923) — also known as Henry M. Whitney — of Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/10-22.html">October 22, 1839</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Steamship business</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1905; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1907. Died in Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/01-25.html">January 25, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 95 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 Laurinda (Collins) Whitney and <a href="#254.13.39">James Scollay Whitney</a>; brother of <a href="#394.15.27">William Collins Whitney</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-03.html">October 3, 1878</a>, to Margaret F. Green; granduncle of <a href="#195.47.82">Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney</a> and <a href="#088.33.60">John Hay Whitney</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgess.html#007.11.93">Thomas Mackie Burgess</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#461.69.89">Bartlett Nye</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#768.31.38">Paul Fearing</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#842.14.78">Hezekiah Nye</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#149.22.49">Thomas Nye</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/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0054.html">King-Hazard family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Melville Whitney">Wikipedia article</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="975.28.83">Whitney, Herbert C.</a> — of Michigan. Square Deal candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trea.html">Michigan state treasurer</a>, 1938. 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="305.88.57">Whitney, Isaac N.</a> — of Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County, 1897-98. 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="710.34.56">Whitney, J. C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 5th District, 1867. 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="552.02.50">Whitney, Jack M. II</a> — Member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1961-64. 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="173.90.97">Whitney, James P.</a> — U.S. Vice Commercial Agent (Vice Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Morrisburg</a>, as of 1884. 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="254.13.39">Whitney, James Scollay</a> (1811-1878) — also known as James S. Whitney — of Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass.; Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in South Deerfield, Deerfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/05-19.html">May 19, 1811</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1851, 1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/MA.html">1856</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/MA.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/MAcc nBO">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1860-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamship business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> First Norfolk District, 1872. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-24.html">October 24, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 158 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 Stephen Whitney and Mary 'Polly' (Burgess) Whitney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/11-25.html">November 25, 1836</a>, to Laurinda Collins; father of <a href="#917.57.79">Henry Melville Whitney</a> and <a href="#394.15.27">William Collins Whitney</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#195.47.82">Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney</a> and <a href="#088.33.60">John Hay Whitney</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgess.html#007.11.93">Thomas Mackie Burgess</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#461.69.89">Bartlett Nye</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#768.31.38">Paul Fearing</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#842.14.78">Hezekiah Nye</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#149.22.49">Thomas Nye</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#462.94.05">Daniel Garrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#956.29.60">Asa Russell Nye</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/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Scollay Whitney">Wikipedia article</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="554.44.25">Whitney, Janet Payne</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 19th District, 1952. <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> Whitney, Jock See <a href="#088.33.60">John Hay Whitney</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="406.62.79">Whitney, John</a> — of Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> 3rd District, 1835. 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="626.79.02">Whitney, John B.</a> — of Burbank, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/burbank.html">Mayor of Burbank, Calif.</a>, 1963-64, 1968-69. Still living as of 1969. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="233.24.02">Whitney, John C.</a> — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1875-77. 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="961.24.02">Whitney, John F.</a> — of Rahway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/rahway.html">Mayor of Rahway, N.J.</a>, 1868-69. 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="088.33.60">Whitney, John Hay</a> (1904-1982) — also known as Jock Whitney — of Manhasset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Ellsworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-born.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-17.html">August 17, 1904</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">financier</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald Tribune <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>, 1961-66. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>. Died in Manhasset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/02-08.html">February 8, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-buried.html#cms05838">Christ Church Cemetery</a>, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y. <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 Helen (Hay) Whitney and William Payne Whitney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/09-25.html">September 25, 1930</a>, to Mary Elizabeth 'Liz' Altemus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/03-01.html">March 1, 1942</a>, to Betsey (Cushing) Roosevelt (ex-wife of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#241.11.81">James Roosevelt</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hay.html#669.81.76">Adelbert Stone Hay</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hay.html#668.05.28">John Milton Hay</a> and <a href="#394.15.27">William Collins Whitney</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#917.57.79">Henry Melville Whitney</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#504.81.46">Henry B. Payne</a> and <a href="#254.13.39">James Scollay Whitney</a>; first cousin of <a href="#195.47.82">Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#399.88.18">James Jermiah Wadsworth</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#425.37.47">Frances Payne Bolton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#355.70.49">James Wadsworth Symington</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#659.80.35">Oliver Payne Bolton</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodges.html#018.53.72">James Hodges</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgess.html#007.11.93">Thomas Mackie Burgess</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/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0137.html">Morton 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Hay Whitney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/whitney-john-hay ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/126/000059946">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7524924">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="751.90.99">Whitney, John W.</a> — of Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Plainfield; elected 1938. 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="385.49.79">Whitney, Joseph Herbert</a> (b. 1858) — also known as Joseph H. Whitney — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Newburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/04-13.html">April 13, 1858</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Saginaw County 3rd District, 1895-96; defeated, 1896; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 22nd District, 1907-10. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/043/05.11.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Josepha Whitney"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="043.05.11">Whitney, Josepha</a> (1871-1957) — also known as Josepha Newcomb — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/09-27.html">September 27, 1871</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/CT.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/CT.html">1924</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 9th District, 1922; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New Haven; elected 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Died in Essex, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/01-29.html">January 29, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 124 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms05113">Cornwall Cemetery</a>, Cornwall, 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: Daughter of Simon Newcomb and Mary Caroline (Hassler) Newcomb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-11.html">April 11, 1896</a>, to <a href="#428.16.95">Edward Baldwin Whitney</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Harry LaTourette Cavenaugh.</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (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/166545777">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: Connecticut Labor News, November 3, 1922</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="128.74.51">Whitney, Joshua</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, 1816-17. 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="926.82.98">Whitney, L. B.</a> — of Decorah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WK-lived.html">Winneshiek County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IA.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="379.30.89">Whitney, Lance</a> — of Elko, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/EL-lived.html">Elko County</a>, Nev. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NV.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="270.70.65">Whitney, Leon A.</a> — of Derry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Derry, 1938. 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="814.91.41">Whitney, Louis B.</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/phoenix.html">Mayor of Phoenix, Ariz.</a>, 1923-25; appointed 1923; resigned 1925; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AZ.html">Arizona Democratic state chair</a>, 1929, 1939. 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="052.66.28">Whitney, Luther</a> — of Muskegon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-lived.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/muskegon.html#3">Muskegon, Mich.</a>, 1875-87. 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="849.59.07">Whitney, Lydia A.</a> — of Presque Isle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-lived.html">Aroostook County</a>, Maine. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/presqueisle.html#2">Presque Isle, Maine</a>, 1874-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="439.19.03">Whitney, Martha E.</a> — of Cape Elizabeth Depot, South Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/southportland.html#6">Cape Elizabeth Depot, Maine</a>, 1889. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="233.02.69">Whitney, Mary H.</a> — of Fitchburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/fitchburg.html">Mayor of Fitchburg, Mass.</a>, 1999-2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MA.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="361.08.46">Whitney, Mary T.</a> — of New Hampshire. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 2nd District, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/205/43.93.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Maurice Whitney"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="205.43.93">Whitney, Maurice</a> (b. 1892) — of Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/08-28.html">August 28, 1892</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1927-43. 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">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</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="503.68.16">Whitney, Nathan</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, 1816-17. 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="798.57.25">Whitney, Norman E.</a> — of Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-lived.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/bangor.html">Mayor of Bangor, Maine</a>, 1931. 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="909.84.98">Whitney, O. K.</a> — of Philip, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HK-lived.html">Haakon County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 24th District, 1925-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1931-33. 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="967.62.35">Whitney, O. W., Jr.</a> — of Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/OH.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="557.93.79">Whitney, Oscar</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trsc.html">Secretary of Dakota Territory</a>, 1873-74. 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="823.43.16">Whitney, Otis M.</a> — of Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MA.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a> 3rd District; elected 1948. 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="498.53.05">Whitney, R. C.</a> — of Junction City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/GE-lived.html">Geary County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/junctioncity.html">Mayor of Junction City, Kan.</a>, 1859-61. 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="550.91.18">Whitney, R. P.</a> — of Topsham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/topsham.html">Topsham, Maine</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> Whitney, Ralph See <a href="#163.29.90">F. Ralph Whitney</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="354.07.59">Whitney, Ray E.</a> (1878-1970) — of Onondaga Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Onondaga Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-born.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/04-23.html">April 23, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate dealer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ingham County 2nd District, 1942, 1944; in July 1944, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">accused</a> of sending out postcards <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/other-crimes.html">falsely</a> claiming the endorsement of several prominent Republicans; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arraigned</a> in August 1944 for felony <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/vote-fraud.html">election fraud</a>, over <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forging</a> most of the signatures on his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/vote-fraud.html">nominating petitions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in September 1944 to misdemeanor charges. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died, in Stuart <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Nursing Home</a>, Leslie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/09-03.html">September 3, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 133 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-buried.html#cms07198">Draper Cemetery</a>, Rives Township, Jackson County, 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: Son of Alson Whitney and Nellie (Flanagan) Whitney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-15.html">March 15, 1916</a>, to Ruby Haven.</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/22835252">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="439.94.86">Whitney, Raymond J.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RM-consuls.html ">Bucharest</a>, as of 1920. 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="108.00.89">Whitney, Richard</a> — of East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Socialist. Member of Michigan Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1977. Still living as of 1977. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="945.12.57">Whitney, Richard H.</a> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/adrian.html">Mayor of Adrian, Mich.</a>, 1857-58. 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="186.04.15">Whitney, Richard M.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MD-consuls.html ">Tamatave</a>, as of 1884. 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="232.83.79">Whitney, Robert</a> — Green. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="739.11.34">Whitney, Stephen</a> — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/CT.html">1916</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 3rd District, 1922. 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="565.57.07">Whitney, Sumner</a> — of Presque Isle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-lived.html">Aroostook County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/presqueisle.html#2">Presque Isle, Maine</a>, 1848-49, 1853. 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="621.69.36">Whitney, Thelma</a> — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1949. <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="210.24.45">Whitney, Theodore A.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-consuls.html ">Guatemala City</a>, as of 1884. 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="869.94.24">Whitney, Thomas H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Gloucester County, 1841-42. 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="622.91.42">Whitney, Thomas Richard</a> (1807-1858) — also known as Thomas R. Whitney — of New York. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/05-02.html">May 2, 1807</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 4th District, 1854-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 5th District, 1855-57. 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/1858/04-12.html">April 12, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <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=W000425">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411584">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3939">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="416.57.03">Whitney, Tom</a> — of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="181.91.37">Whitney, Vincent</a> — of Binghamton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Broome County, 1832-33; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839. 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> Whitney, W. A. See <a href="#998.49.30">William Arnold Whitney</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="264.79.43">Whitney, Ward</a> — of Nashua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a> 4th District, 1938. 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="684.82.40">Whitney, Warren E.</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 22nd District, 1892, 1898. 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="021.24.12">Whitney, Wheelock</a> — of Ponte Vedra Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SJ-lived.html">St. Johns County</a>, Fla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/FL.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="734.85.71">Whitney, Wheelock</a> — of Minnesota. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 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="097.81.26">Whitney, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 5th District, 1855-56. 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="382.40.35">Whitney, William A.</a> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/adrian.html#3">Adrian, Mich.</a>, 1869-73. 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="998.49.30">Whitney, William Arnold</a> (b. 1849) — also known as W. A. Whitney — of Bakersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Vt. Born in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/index.html">1849</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Bakersfield, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</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="999.80.31">Whitney, William C.</a> — of Eaton Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/eatonrapids.html">Mayor of Eaton Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1898-99. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/10506994963/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/394/15.27.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="William C. Whitney"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="394.15.27">Whitney, William Collins</a> (1841-1904) — also known as William C. Whitney — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/07-05.html">July 5, 1841</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NY.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/NY.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1885-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">established</a> the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 7th District, 1894. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">peritonitis</a>, following <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/appendicitis.html">appendicitis</a> surgery, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/02-02.html">February 2, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 212 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. <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 Laurinda (Collins) Whitney and <a href="#254.13.39">James Scollay Whitney</a>; brother of <a href="#917.57.79">Henry Melville Whitney</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-20.html">October 20, 1869</a>, to Flora Payne (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#504.81.46">Henry B. Payne</a>); grandfather of <a href="#195.47.82">Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney</a> and <a href="#088.33.60">John Hay Whitney</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgess.html#007.11.93">Thomas Mackie Burgess</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#461.69.89">Bartlett Nye</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#768.31.38">Paul Fearing</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#842.14.78">Hezekiah Nye</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#149.22.49">Thomas Nye</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/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0489.html">Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family</a> of Ohio 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Collins Whitney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/807/000060627">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6662205">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)</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="533.51.94">Whitney, William F.</a> — of Wallingford, <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 Wallingford; elected 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="951.14.10">Whitney, William H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1876. 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="902.42.25">Whitney, William H.</a> — of Enfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Enfield, 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="898.47.09">Whitney, William T., Jr.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="408.88.94">Whitney, Winthrop J.</a> — of Friendship, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a> from Knox County (4th), 1931-32. 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