Joel Whitman
{{short description|19th century American politician.}}
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{{infobox officeholder
|name = Joel Whitman
|state = Wisconsin
|state_senate = Wisconsin
|district = 15th
| term_start = January 7, 1867
| term_end = January 4, 1869
| predecessor = Wyman Lincoln
| successor = Lemuel W. Joiner
|party = Republican
Natl. Union (1864–1867)
|birth_date = {{birth date|1823|2|1}}
|birth_place = Wells, New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1905|11|1|1823|2|1}}
|death_place = Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S.
|restingplace = East Side Cemetery, {{nowrap|Dodgeville, Wisconsin}}
|spouse = Annabel McClure (died 1914)
|children = {{unbulleted list
| George Rose Whitman
| {{sup|(b. 1867; died 1898)}}
| {{sup|(b. 1871; died 1935)}}
| Frank M. Whitman
| {{sup|(b. 1873)}}
| Roscoe C. Whitman
| {{sup|(b. 1881; died 1961)}}
}}
}}
Joel Whitman (February 1, 1823{{spaced ndash}}November 1, 1905) was an American carpenter and Republican politician. He served two years as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Iowa County.
Biography
Whitman was born in Wells, New York, in 1823. Later, he moved to Ridgeway, Wisconsin. His son, Platt Whitman, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cUVEAQAAMAAJ&q=Joel+Whitman%2BWisconsin%2BSenate&pg=PA187|title=Memoirs of Iowa County, Wisconsin|accessdate=2015-04-25|last1=Crawford|first1=Robert M.|year=1913}} Whitman died in Dodgeville, Wisconsin in 1905,{{cite news|title=Joel Whitman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22019905/joel_whitman_19231905/|newspaper=The Oshkosh Northwestern|date=November 10, 1905|page=6|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}"Wisconsin Death Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJGB-2FP : 12 December 2014), Joel Whitman, 01 Nov 1905; from "Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing p. 0068, volume 02, Iowa, Wisconsin, reel 035, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison. where he was also buried.
Career
After serving as a justice of the peace and Clerk of Ridgeway, Whitman was the Wisconsin circuit court clerk for Iowa County from 1860 to 1866. He represented the 15th State Senate district in 1867 and 1868. Additionally, he was postmaster, a trustee, and village president of Dodgeville.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|79940437}}
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Category:People from Hamilton County, New York
Category:People from Ridgeway, Wisconsin
Category:Wisconsin state senators
Category:Wisconsin postmasters
Category:American justices of the peace
Category:People from Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Category:19th-century American judges
Category:19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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