Travis Harvard Whitney (June 22, 1875 – January 8, 1934) was the head of the

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Biography

He was born on June 22, 1875, in

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, to Thomas J. and Mary J. Whitney (née Strauss). He attended

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and graduated in 1903. He became the assistant secretary at the

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. In 1903 he married Rosalie Loew; he and his wife formed a law firm, Loew & Whitney. He was secretary of the

when it was begun in 1907. In 1916 he was promoted to head the commission by governor

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to replace the outgoing John Sergeant Cram. He died on January 8, 1934, of

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at Post-Graduate Hospital in

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. He was buried at

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References

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