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Polleys</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#927.48.80">Edwin Wallace</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="288.61.03">Whitehouse, Al</a></b> — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky.; Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky.; Park Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">Labor leader</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/KY.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/KY.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/KY.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/KY.html">1964</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> <b><a name="814.29.08">Whitehouse, Arthur W.</a></b> — of Johnson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/johnsoncity.html">Mayor of Johnson City, N.Y.</a>, 1948-51. 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> <b><a name="972.12.70">Whitehouse, Benjamin T.</a></b> — Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 1st District, 1896; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 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> <b><a name="637.90.54">Whitehouse, Charles S.</a></b> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 5th District, 1863-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NH.html">1872</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="708.55.52">Whitehouse, Charles Sheldon</a> (1921-2001)</b> — also known as <b>Charles S. Whitehouse</b> — of Virginia. Born in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a> of American parents, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/11-05.html">November 5, 1921</a>. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LA-diplomats.html ">Laos</a>, 1973-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-diplomats.html ">Thailand</a>, 1975-78. Successfully opposed the Disney company's proposal to build a history theme park in Prince William County, Va. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FQ-died.html">Fauquier County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/06-25.html">June 25, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 232 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#886.50.99">Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965)</a> and Mary (Alexander) Whitehouse; married to Molly Rand and Janet Ketchum Grayson; father of <a href="#086.83.28">Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#046.49.95">Charles Beatty Alexander</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#513.87.48">Charles Crocker</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0285.html">Crocker-Whitehouse family</a> of Sacramento, California (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/whitehouse-charles-sheldon ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44799785">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="425.23.75">Whitehouse, E.</a></b> — of South Vassalboro, Vassalboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/vassalboro.html#7">South Vassalboro, Maine</a>, 1893-1901. 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> <b><a name="404.32.75">Whitehouse, Edwin K.</a></b> — of Chaplin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Chaplin, 1902. 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> <b><a name="720.60.66">Whitehouse, Frank C.</a></b> — of Topsham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/ME.html">1908</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> <b><a name="689.52.58">Whitehouse, G. Hugo</a></b> — of Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Austria</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-consuls.html">Miami, Fla.</a>, 1954-59. 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> <b><a name="765.63.11">Whitehouse, Gordon P.</a></b> — of Ashford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Ashford; 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> <b><a name="956.13.97">Whitehouse, H. Remsen</a></b> — U.S. 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> <b>Whitehouse, Hugo</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#689.52.58">G. Hugo Whitehouse</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="746.55.90">Whitehouse, James N.</a></b> — of Eastford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ashford.html#3">First selectman of Eastford, Connecticut</a>; elected 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> <b><a name="399.80.25">Whitehouse, Jessica</a></b> — of Somersworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2016/NH.html">2016</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="088.16.27">Whitehouse, John Osborne</a> (1817-1881)</b> — also known as <b>John O. Whitehouse</b> — of Poughkeepsie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-born.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/07-19.html">July 19, 1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Shoe manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1873-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>. Died in Poughkeepsie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-died.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/08-24.html">August 24, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 36 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000405">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411565">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3938">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="072.13.17">Whitehouse, John R.</a></b> — of South Vassalboro, Vassalboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/vassalboro.html#7">South Vassalboro, 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> <b><a name="279.91.33">Whitehouse, Joshua</a></b> — of Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2016/NH.html">2016</a>. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="221.11.46">Whitehouse, Nicholas V.</a></b> — of New Hampshire. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a>, 1855-56, 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> <b>Whitehouse, Remsen</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#956.13.97">H. Remsen Whitehouse</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="546.98.22">Whitehouse, Robert T.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Maine</a>, 1906-14. 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> <b><a name="888.94.80">Whitehouse, Samuel Stewart</a> (1858-1929)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel S. Whitehouse</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y.; Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/03-21.html">March 21, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1905, 1906 (Democratic), 1908 (Democratic). Died in Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-08.html">November 8, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 232 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Newhall Whitehouse and Mary Ann (Taylor) Whitehouse; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/">1879</a> to Mary Grover Hoover.</span></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> <b><a name="598.26.77">Whitehouse, Seth C.</a></b> — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/augusta.html">Mayor of Augusta, Maine</a>, 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> <b><a name="886.50.99">Whitehouse, Sheldon</a> (1883-1965)</b> — 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/1883/02-05.html">February 5, 1883</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-diplomats.html ">Guatemala</a>, 1930-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-diplomats.html ">Colombia</a>, 1933-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/index.html">1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-buried.html#cms00571">St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Portsmouth, R.I. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Mary Alexander (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#046.49.95">Charles Beatty Alexander</a>; sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#812.13.78">Winthrop Williams Aldrich</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#513.87.48">Charles Crocker</a>); father of <a href="#708.55.52">Charles Sheldon Whitehouse</a>; grandfather of <a href="#086.83.28">Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0285.html">Crocker-Whitehouse family</a> of Sacramento, California (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412247">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/whitehouse-sheldon ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></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> <b><a name="086.83.28">Whitehouse, Sheldon</a> (b. 1955)</b> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/10-20.html">October 20, 1955</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; clerk for Judge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neale-neese.html#596.12.13">Richard Neely</a>, 1982-83; executive counsel and director of policy for Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#807.96.48">Bruce Sundlun</a>, 1991-92; director, Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, 1992-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island</a>, 1994-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/attygn.html">Rhode Island state attorney general</a>, 1999-2003; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 2002; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/RI.html">2008</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2012/RI.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2018. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#708.55.52">Charles Sheldon Whitehouse</a> and Mary Celine (Rand) Whitehouse; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/">1986</a> to Sandra Thornton; grandson of <a href="#886.50.99">Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#046.49.95">Charles Beatty Alexander</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#513.87.48">Charles Crocker</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0285.html">Crocker-Whitehouse family</a> of Sacramento, California (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000802">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon Whitehouse">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/000/000122631">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2720752">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></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> <b><a name="285.47.79">Whitehouse, Walter J.</a></b> — of Pottsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/PA.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/PA.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. 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> <b><a name="506.11.83">Whitehouse, William F.</a></b> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I.; Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/RI.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/RI.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Credentials Committee</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> <b><a name="192.57.10">Whitehouse, William Penn</a></b> — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1890-1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1911-13; resigned 1913. 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