Sumner G. Whittier

Sumner Whittier

Administrator of Veterans Affairs
In office December 18, 1957 – January 20, 1961
President	Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by	Harvey Higley
Succeeded by	John Gleason
58th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 8, 1953 – January 3, 1957
Governor	Christian Herter
Preceded by	Jeff Sullivan
Succeeded by	Robert Murphy
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 4th Middlesex district
In office January 1943 – January 1953
Preceded by	Angier Goodwin
Succeeded by	Fred Lamson
Personal details
Born	Sumner Gage Whittier (1911-07-04)July 4, 1911 Everett, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 15, 1986(1986-10-15) (aged 75) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Boston University

Sumner Gage Whittier (July 4, 1911 – January 8, 2010) was an American politician who served two two-year terms as the 58th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957. He was the Republican candidate for Governor in 1956, but lost to Democrat Foster Furcolo. He was then appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to head the U.S. Veterans Administration, a position he held until 1964. Thereafter he headed SSI at the Social Security Administration in Baltimore and worked there until age 80.

Previously he was an Alderman in the City of Everett, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a Massachusetts Senator. He graduated from Boston University in 1936. The Sumner G. Whittier School in Everett is named after him.

Whittier lived in Ellicott City, Maryland. He died on January 8, 2010.^[1]

References

↑ Death notice: Sumner Gage Whittier The Baltimore Sun (January 12, 2010). Retrieved on January 13, 2010.

Political offices
Preceded by Jeff Sullivan	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1953–1957	Succeeded by Robert Murphy
Preceded by Harvey Higley	Administrator of Veterans Affairs 1957–1961	Succeeded by John Gleason
Party political offices
Preceded by Christian Herter	Republican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts 1956	Succeeded by Charles Gibbons

Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts

Colony (1629–86)	Goffe Humphrey T. Dudley Ludlow Bellingham Winthrop T. Dudley Bellingham Endecott Winthrop T. Dudley Endecott T. Dudley Endecott Bellingham Willoughby Leverett Symonds Bradstreet Danforth

Dominion (1686–89)	Stoughton Nicholson

Province (1692–1776)	Stoughton Povey Tailer Dummer Tailer S. Phips Hutchinson A. Oliver T. Oliver

Commonwealth (since 1776)	T. Cushing B. Lincoln Adams Gill S. Phillips Robbins L. Lincoln Cobb Gray W. Phillips L. Lincoln Jr. Morton Winthrop Armstrong Hull Childs Reed Cushman Huntington Plunkett Brown Benchley Trask Goodrich Nesmith Hayden Claflin Tucker Talbot Knight Long Weston Ames Brackett Haile Wolcott Crane Bates Guild Draper Frothingham Luce Walsh Barry G. Cushing C. Coolidge Cox Fuller Allen Youngman Bacon Hurley Kelly Cahill Bradford A. Coolidge Sullivan Whittier R. Murphy McLaughin Bellotti Richardson Sargent Dwight O'Neill Kerry E. Murphy Cellucci Swift Healey Murray Polito

Administrators of Veterans Affairs (1930–1989)

Hines Bradley Gray Higley Whittier Gleason Driver Johnson Roudebush Cleland Nimmo Walters Turnage Derwinski

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