Platt Whitman

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Platt Whitman

|image = Platt Whitman.png

|alt =

|caption =

|state = Wisconsin

|state_senate = Wisconsin

|district = 17th

| term_start = January 4, 1915

| term_end = January 6, 1919

| predecessor = Harry C. Martin

| successor = Oscar R. Olson

|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin

|district1 = Iowa

| term_start1 = January 4, 1909

| term_end1 = January 2, 1911

| predecessor1 = David J. Morris

| successor1 = Thomas M. Evans

|party = Republican

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|02|06}}

|birth_place = Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|09|11|1871|02|06}}

|death_place = Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.

|restingplace = East Side Cemetery, {{nobreak|Dodgeville, Wisconsin}}

|occupation = Lawyer, banker, politician

|spouse = {{marriage|Maria Elizabeth Jones||1905|end=died}}

|children =

|father = Joel Whitman

|education = {{unbulleted list

| University of Wisconsin-Madison

| University of Wisconsin Law School

}}

}}

Platt Whitman (February 6, 1871{{spaced ndash}}September 11, 1935) was an American lawyer, banker, and Republican politician. He served four years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1915–1919) and two years in the Assembly (1909–1911), representing Iowa County.