William Whiting (politician, 1841)

William Whiting, around 1873

William Whiting (born May 24, 1841 in Dudley , Worcester County , Massachusetts , † January 9, 1911 in Holyoke , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1889 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Whiting attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at Amherst College . He then worked from 1865 in Holyoke in paper manufacture. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1873 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate ; from 1876 to 1877 he was treasurer of Holyoke Ward. He then served there as mayor from 1878 to 1879. In the years 1876 and 1896 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions , at which Rutherford B. Hayes and later William McKinley were nominated as presidential candidates.

In the congressional elections of 1882 Whiting was elected in the eleventh constituency of Massachusetts to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded George D. Robinson on March 4, 1883 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1889 . In 1888 he decided not to run again for Congress. After his time in the US House of Representatives, William Whiting returned to papermaking. In 1900 he was state commissioner at the world exhibition in Paris . He died on January 9, 1911 in Holyoke, where he was also buried. His son William (1864-1936) was US Secretary of Commerce in the Coolidge cabinet .

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SURNAME	Whiting, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 24, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dudley , Worcester County , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1911
Place of death	Holyoke , Massachusetts