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WHITEHOUSE (Soundex W320) — See also DYKEHOUSE, GALEHOUSE, GRATEHOUSE, HOLEHOUSE, MOOREHOUSE, MOREHOUSE, NIEHOUSE, PEVEHOUSE, PRINCEHOUSE, WHITEHEAD, WHITEHILL, WHITEHORN, WHITEHURST.

  WHITEHOUSE: See also Lewis Whitehouse Clark — Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt — Edwin Wallace
  Whitehouse, Al — of Covington, Kenton County, Ky.; Newport, Campbell County, Ky.; Park Hills, Kenton County, Ky. Democrat. Labor leader; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1944, 1952, 1960, 1964. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, Arthur W. — of Johnson City, Broome County, N.Y. Mayor of Johnson City, N.Y., 1948-51. Still living as of 1951.
  Whitehouse, Benjamin T. — Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1898. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, C. S. — of Rochester, Strafford County, N.H. Member of New Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1863-65. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, Charles Sheldon (1921-2001) — also known as Charles S. Whitehouse — of Virginia. Born in Paris, France of American parents, November 5, 1921. Son of Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) and Mary (Alexander) Whitehouse. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1973-75; Thailand, 1975-78. Successfully opposed the Disney company's proposal to build a history theme park in Prince William County, Va. Died, of cancer, in Marshall, Fauquier County, Va., June 25, 2001 (age 79 years, 232 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Great-grandson of Charles Crocker; grandson of Charles Beatty Alexander; son of Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) and Mary (Alexander) Whitehouse; married to Molly Rand and Janet Ketchum Grayson; father of Sheldon Whitehouse (1955-). See Rockefeller-Aldrich-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Whitehouse, Frank C. — of Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, John Osborne (1817-1881) — of New York. Born in New Hampshire, July 19, 1817. U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1873-77. Died August 24, 1881 (age 64 years, 36 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Whitehouse, Nicholas V. — of New Hampshire. Member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1855-56, 1857-58. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, Robert T. — U.S. Attorney for Maine, 1906-14. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, Samuel S. — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, Seth C. — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Mayor of Augusta, Maine, 1884. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, Sheldon (1883-1965) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 5, 1883. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1930-33; Colombia, 1933-34. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in 1965 (age about 82 years). Interment at St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Alexander (granddaughter of Charles Crocker; daughter of Charles Beatty Alexander; sister-in-law of Winthrop Williams Aldrich); father of Charles Sheldon Whitehouse; grandfather of Sheldon Whitehouse (1955-). See Rockefeller-Aldrich-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Whitehouse, Sheldon (b. 1955) — of Rhode Island. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 20, 1955. Son of Charles Sheldon Whitehouse and Mary Celine (Rand) Whitehouse. Democrat. Lawyer; clerk for Judge Richard Neely, 1982-83; executive counsel and director of policy for Gov. Bruce Sundlun, 1991-92; director, Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, 1992-94; U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island, 1994-98; Rhode Island state attorney general, 1999-2003; candidate in primary for Governor of Rhode Island, 2002; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 2008. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of Charles Crocker; great-grandson of Charles Beatty Alexander; grandson of Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965); son of Charles Sheldon Whitehouse and Mary Celine (Rand) Whitehouse; married 1986 to Sandra Thornton. See Rockefeller-Aldrich-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Whitehouse, Walter J. — of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900, 1908; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1904. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, William F. — of Newport, Newport County, R.I.; Providence, Providence County, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1924, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  Whitehouse, William Penn — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Justice of Maine state supreme court, 1890-1911; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1911-13; resigned 1913. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: William Penn



 

 


 
   
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