Richard H. Whiting

Richard H. Whiting

Richard Henry Whiting (born January 17, 1826 in West Hartford , Connecticut , †  May 24, 1888 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Whiting attended public schools in his home country. In 1850 he moved to Altona , Illinois and in 1860 to Galesburg , where he built a gas works. During the civil war he was paymaster of the volunteers in the army of the Union . Between 1870 and 1875 he worked for the Tax Department in Illinois' Fifth Financial District. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1874 Whiting was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Granville Barrere on March 4, 1875 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1876, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1877 .

In June 1884 Whiting attended the Republican National Convention in Chicago as a delegate . He died in New York on May 24, 1888 and was buried in Peoria . His nephew Ira Clifton Copley (1864–1947) was also a congressman for Illinois; his grandson was the composer and songwriter Richard A. Whiting .

Web links

• Richard H. Whiting in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard H. Whiting in the database of Find a Grave (English)