Background
Whitman, Charles Seymour was born on August 28, 1868 in Hanover, Connecticut, United States. Son of Review John Seymour and Lillie (Arne) Whitman.
Whitman, Charles Seymour was born on August 28, 1868 in Hanover, Connecticut, United States. Son of Review John Seymour and Lillie (Arne) Whitman.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst. 1890; Bachelor of Laws, New York University, 1894. Honorary Master of Arts, Williams, 1904.
Doctor of Laws, New York University, 1913, Amherst, 1913, Williams, 1914, and Hamilton, 1918.
Assistant Corporate Counsel, New York, 1901-1903. Member and later president, Board City Magistrates, New York, 1904-1907. Judge Court of General Sessions, New York, by appointment of Governor Hughes, 1907.
District attorney New York County, 1910-1914.
Governor of New York, terms January 1, 1915-December 31, 1918. Resumed practice of law at New York City, 1919.
Member Whitman, Ransom, Coulson & Goetz. Commissioner of Portuguese Authority of New New New York
Mason.; Member American Bar Association (president 1926-1927), New York State Bar Association, Bar Association City of New York, New York Chamber of Commerce, Society of the Cincinnati, South.R., Society Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, Saint Nicholas Society, North.E. Society Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, Century, Down Town Association, Union League, Piping Rock, Newport Country.
Married Olive Hitchcock, December 22, 1908 (died May 29, 1926). Children: Charles South., Olive (Mistress J. J. Parsons).
