Biography

04/17/1801 - 07/30/1875


WHITMAN, William Ethan, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, April 17, 1801 in Hartford, Hartford County, Ct.; lawyer; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1843 and 1844 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1845 term; secretary, The Library Company (1861-1874); died, July 30, 1875 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.


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