Henry Benjamin Whipple

Bishop Henry Whipple is a figure in Minnesota history. He is most known for clemency pleas in favor of a group of Sioux who fought against the United States Government in the Sioux Uprising in the area around New Ulm. He is memeorialized by the Bishop Whipple Federal Building in Ft. Snelling, Minnesota that houses, among other things, offices for memebers of Minnesota's congressional delgation.