Biography

Whitehead was born on July 29, 1852 to Jacob and Elizabeth Ann Whitehead near Hillsboro, Illinois

Hillsboro, Illinois

Hillsboro is a city in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,359 at the 2000 census, and 6,106 at a 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Montgomery County.-History:...

. He would marry twice, first on July 12, 1881 to Lavinia Fletcher Barrows, who died in 1888, and second to Julet Claire Thorp on May 15, 1919. He died in Janesville, Wisconsin

Janesville, Wisconsin

Janesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat of Rock County and the principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 62,998.-History:...

 on August 31, 1924.

Career

Whitehead served in the Wisconsin State Senate

Wisconsin State Senate

The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...

 from 1896 to 1912. He was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention

1920 Republican National Convention

The 1920 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States nominated Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding for President and Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge for Vice President...

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