Valmore A. Whitaker
Valmore Augustus Whitaker | |
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Acting Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts | |
In office October 1902 – 1903 | |
Preceded by | Edward S. Wilkinson |
Succeeded by | Frank D. Stafford |
President Mayor of the North Adams, Massachusetts City Council | |
Personal details | |
Born |
March 14, 1835[1] North Adams, Massachusetts[1] |
Spouse(s) | Sara Reins, m. 1867 d. November 1871; Emma L. Beckwith, m. December 1873[2] |
Children | Ezra Douglas Whitaker, was born at North Adams, Massachusetts, December 11, 1874.[3] |
Profession | Banker |
Religion | Baptist[4] |
Valmore Augustus Whitaker (born March 14, 1835) was an American businessman and politician who served as a member and President of the city council[2] and as the Acting Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts.
Early life
Whitaker was born March 14, 1835 in North Adams, Massachusetts[1] to Ezra D. Whitaker[1] and Amanda M. (Jones) Whitaker.[5]
1905 election for mayor
In 1905 Whitaker was the Republican candidate for mayor, he lost to the Incumbent Mayor Marshall R. Ford.[6]
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Edward S. Wilkinson |
Acting Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts October 1902 – 1903 |
Succeeded by Frank D. Stafford |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume I, New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 412.
- 1 2 Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume I, New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 415.
- ↑ Wright, Henry B. (July 1902), Triennial Record of the Class of 1898 Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale College, p. 86.
- ↑ Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume I, New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 416.
- ↑ Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume I, New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 413.
- ↑ The Hartford Courant (December 20, 1905), North Adams Democrats Re-elect Mayor, Hartford, Ct: The Hartford Courant, p. 1.
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