Background
He was the son of George Fenn Whitney.
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Education
He attended the public schools in Stockbridge, and then began to work as a drugstore clerk, first in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, then in Hudson, New York, and then in New Haven, Connecticut.
Career
In 1884, he passed the New York State pharmacy exam, the next year began managing his brother-in-law"s drugstore in Mechanicville, and succeeded to the business in 1887. He was Treasurer of the Village of Machanicville for two terms. And Supervisor of the Town of Halfmoon for several terms beginning in 1898.
He died on April 22, 1928, in Mechanicville, New York, of a heart attack.
Membership
Whitney was a member of the New York State Assembly (Saratoga Company) in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1912. And was Chairman of the Committee on Public Health in 1908, on Internal Affairs in 1909 and 1910, and on Ways and Means in 1912. He was a member of the New York State Senate (30th Doctorate) from 1913 to 1918, sitting in the 136th, 137th, 138th, 139th, 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures.
He was a member of the New York State Commission for the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915.
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Political Party
Republican party