Background
Whitehead, John Meek was born on July 29, 1852 in near Hillsboro, Illinois, United States. Son of Jacob and Elizabeth Ann (Paisley) Whitehead.
Whitehead, John Meek was born on July 29, 1852 in near Hillsboro, Illinois, United States. Son of Jacob and Elizabeth Ann (Paisley) Whitehead.
Graduate Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, 1873. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1877. Studied law in office of Learning & Thompson, Chicago.
Admitted to bar, 1881. With Learning & Thompson, Chicago. Illinois, 1881-1895; member Whitehead, Matheson & Smith, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1895-1887, Whitehead & Matheson. since 1897.
Vice president Hillsboro Coal Company.
Manager Ophir Loop Mines Company.
Member Wisconsin Senate, 4 terms, 1896-1912. Member Perry Victory Centennial Commission, 1910. Member communications of 19 of Congressional National Council.
Married Lavinia Fletcher Barrows, July 12, 1881 (died 1888). Married second, Juliet Claire Thorp, May 15, 1919.