Background
WHITNEY, Odell K. was born on December 31, 1884 in Jerauld Company, S. Dakota. Son of Frank W. and Eva V. (Kimball) Whitney.
WHITNEY, Odell K. was born on December 31, 1884 in Jerauld Company, S. Dakota. Son of Frank W. and Eva V. (Kimball) Whitney.
University of S. Dakota, Bachelor of Laws, 1911.
S. Dakota States Attorney, Haakon Company, S. Dakota, 1915-1918. 1923-1924; Company Judge. Haakon Company, 1919-1922.
State Senator. 24 District, S. Dakota, since 1925. Chairman of Capitol Building, and Grounds Committee and of special Committee appointed to investigate State Coal Mine, 1925. Chairman of Rural Credits and Administrative Organization Commissions, 1927.
Chairman of Senate and Joint Appropriations Commissions, 1929. Republic nominee for Lieutenant Governor. at Republic State Convention 1930.
Member: S. Dakota Bar Association. Commercial Law League of American. Masons; Shriners.
Spouse Grace Thorne, June 21, 1911, Hartford.