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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam WHITING
(1841-1911)
WHITING, William, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Dudley, Worcester
County, Mass., May 24, 1841; attended the public schools; was
graduated from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.; engaged in the
manufacture of paper in Holyoke, Mass., in 1865; member of the
State senate in 1873; city treasurer of Holyoke in 1876 and 1877;
mayor of Holyoke in 1878 and 1879; delegate to the Republican
National Convention in 1876 and 1896; elected as a Republican to
the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4,
1883-March 3, 1889); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888;
commissioner to the World’s Exposition in Paris, France, in
1900; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; died in Holyoke,
Hampden County, Mass., January 9, 1911; interment in Forestdale
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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