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Valmore A. Whitaker

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Valmore Augustus Whitaker
Acting
Mayor of
North Adams, Massachusetts
In office
October 1902 – 1903
Preceded byEdward S. Wilkinson
Succeeded byFrank D. Stafford
President
Mayor of
the North Adams, Massachusetts City Council
Personal details
BornMarch 14, 1835[1]
North Adams, Massachusetts[1]
Spouse(s)Sara Reins, m. 1867 d. November 1871; Emma L. Beckwith, m. December 1873[2]
ChildrenEzra Douglas Whitaker, was born at North Adams, Massachusetts, December 11, 1874.[3]
ProfessionBanker

Valmore Augustus Whitaker (born March 14, 1835) was an American businessman and politician who served as a member and President of the city council[2] and as the Acting Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts.

Early life[edit]

Whitaker was born March 14, 1835 in North Adams, Massachusetts[1] to Ezra D. Whitaker[1] and Amanda M. (Jones) Whitaker.[5]

1905 election for mayor[edit]

In 1905 Whitaker was the Republican candidate for mayor, he lost to the Incumbent Mayor Marshall R. Ford.[6]

Political offices
Preceded by
Edward S. Wilkinson
Acting Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts
October 1902 – 1903
Succeeded by
Frank D. Stafford

Notes[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume I, New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 412.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume I, New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 415.
  3. Wright, Henry B. (July 1902), Triennial Record of the Class of 1898 Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale College, p. 86.
  4. Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume I, New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 416.
  5. Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume I, New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 413.
  6. The Hartford Courant (December 20, 1905), North Adams Democrats Re-elect Mayor, Hartford, Ct: The Hartford Courant, p. 1.


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