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Travis Harvard Whitney

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{{Orphan|date=May 2016}}{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name =Travis Harvard Whitney | honorific-suffix = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|6|22}} | birth_place =Indiana | death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|1|8|1875|6|22}} | death_place =New York City, New York | death_cause = | education =Harvard Law School | image = File:Travis Whitney of the New York Public Service Commission in 1916 (cropped).jpg | alt = | spouse=Rosalie Loew | order = | office =Head of the New York Public Service Commission | term_start = 1916 | term_end = | president = | governor =Charles Seymour Whitman | predecessor = John Sergeant Cram | successor = }}Travis Harvard Whitney (June 22, 1875 - January 8, 1934) was the head of the New York Public Service Commission.^[1]^[1]

Biography

He was born on June 22, 1875 in Gentryville, Indiana, to Thomas J. and Mary J. Whitney (née Strauss). He attended Harvard Law School and graduated in 1903. He became the assistant secretary at the Citizens Union. In 1903 he married Rosalie Loew; he and his wife formed a law firm, Loew & Whitney.^[1]

He was secretary of the New York Public Service Commission when it was begun in 1907.^[1]^[1] In 1916 he was promoted to head the commission by governor Charles Seymour Whitman to replace the outgoing John Sergeant Cram (1851-1936).^[1]

He died on January 8, 1934 of pneumonia at Post-Graduate Hospital in New York City.^[2] He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.

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{{Find a Grave|57230826}}

References

1. ^¹²{{cite news |author= |title=T.H. Whitney To Get Cram's 5-Year Job. Gov. Whitman Announces He Will Make Secretary a P.S. Commissioner |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D11F6355C13738DDDAA0894DA405B868DF1D3 |newspaper=New York Times |date=February 3, 1916 |accessdate=2013-11-22 }}
2. ^¹²³{{cite news |author= |title=Travis H. Whitney Dies In Hospital. Civil Works Official, Operated On After Collapse at Desk, Succumbs to Pneumonia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/01/09/archives/travis-h-whitney-dies-in-hospital-civil-works-official-operated-on.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 9, 1934 |accessdate=2013-11-20 }}

5 : 1875 births|1934 deaths|New York Public Service Commission|Harvard Law School alumni|Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery

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