Platt Whitman (February 6, 1871September 11, 1935) was an
American
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lawyer, banker, and
Republican politician. He served four years in the
Wisconsin State Senate
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(1915–1919) and two years in the
Assembly (1909–1911), representing
Iowa County.
Biography
Whitman was born in
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Dodgeville is a city in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 4,984 at the 2020 census, making it the county's most populous city. Dodgeville is part of the Madison metropolitan area.
History
In 1827 ...
.
[ ] He graduated from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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in 1893 and the
University of Wisconsin Law School
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in 1895.
He died in
Rochester, Minnesota
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, on September 11, 1935, and is interred in the East Side Cemetery in Dodgeville near the Jones-Owens Mausoleum.
His father was
Joel Whitman.
Career
Whitman was elected to the Assembly in 1908.
Later, he was a member of the Senate from the
17th district from 1915 to 1918.
He was a
Republican.
[ ]
References
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1871 births
1935 deaths
People from Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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