Alexander Bert Whitman (1854–1910) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Whitman was born on April 1, 1854, in Turner, Maine. He moved with his parents to what is now Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1857 and later to Hortonville, Wisconsin, where he worked in a saw mill and as a lumberman. Later, he attended Lawrence University and worked as a schoolteacher in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin before practicing law in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Alexander B. Whitman

Political career

Whitman was a member of the Senate during the 1897 and 1899 sessions representing the 14th District. He was also Superintendent of Schools of Appleton from 1882 to 1889, District Attorney of Outagamie County, Wisconsin from 1889 to 1891 and City Attorney of Appleton from 1894 to 1897. Whitman was a Republican.

Alexander B. Whitman

Whitman died September 23, 1910, and is interred in Hortonville.

Alexander B. Whitman

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1854 births

1910 deaths

School superintendents in Wisconsin

19th-century American educators

District attorneys in Wisconsin

Lawrence University alumni

People from Hortonville, Wisconsin

People from Turner, Maine

Politicians from Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Republican Party Wisconsin state senators

Wisconsin city attorneys

19th-century American politicians

19th-century American lawyers