Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison. University of Wisconsin Law School.
University of Wisconsin–Madison. University of Wisconsin Law School.
Whitman was born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1893 and the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1895. His father was Joel Whitman.
Whitman was elected to the Assembly in 1908.
He was a Republican.
Later, he was a member of the Senate from the 17th district from 1915 to 1918.