Platt Whitman

Platt Whitman was an American lawyer, banker, and Republican politician. He served four years in the Wisconsin State Senate and two years in the Assembly, representing Iowa County.

Biography

Whitman was born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1893 and the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1895.
He died in Rochester, Minnesota, on September 11, 1935, and is interred in the East Side Cemetery in Dodgeville near the Jones-Owens Mausoleum.
His father was Joel Whitman.

Career

Whitman was elected to the Assembly in 1908. Later, he was a member of the Senate from the 17th district from 1915 to 1918. He was a Republican.