Byron Whittingham
Byron Whittingham | |
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| File:Byron Sawyer Whittingham (1870–1942).png | |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
| In office 1917–1921 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Byron Sawyer Whittingham April 16, 1870 Springvale, Wisconsin, US |
| Died | February 5, 1942 (aged 71) Arpin, Wisconsin, US |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Marguerite Purves (m. 1891) |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician |
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Byron Sawyer Whittingham (April 16, 1870 – February 5, 1942) was an American politician and businessman.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Whittingham was born in the town of Springvale, Columbia County, Wisconsin.[1][2] He married Marguerite Purves (1874–1951) in 1891.[1][2] Whittingham was involved in the paint business in Pardeeville, Wisconsin, where he was the street commissioner and assessor. Whittingham was then in the paint contracting business in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1900 to 1904.[2] In 1904, Whittingham moved to Arpin, Wisconsin, where he started a general mercantile store.[2] He served as town clerk and postmaster of Arpin.[1][2] Whittingham also served on the school board and was a Republican. In 1917, Wittingham was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly,[3] where he served from 1917 to 1921.[1] Whittingham died of pneumonia at his home in Arpin, Wisconsin.[1][2]
References
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- 1870 births
- 1942 deaths
- Deaths from pneumonia in Wisconsin
- People from Columbia County, Wisconsin
- People from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- People from Wood County, Wisconsin
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- School board members in Wisconsin
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Wisconsin postmasters
- People from Pardeeville, Wisconsin
- 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1870s birth stubs