John Meek Whitehead

John Meek Whitehead was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Janesville, Wisconsin. He served 16 years in the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 22nd Senate district from 1897 to 1913.

Biography

Whitehead was born on July 29, 1852, to Jacob and Elizabeth Ann Whitehead near Hillsboro, Illinois. He married 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, on August 31, 1924.

Career

Whitehead served in the Wisconsin Senate from 1897 to 1913. He was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.