Massachsetts-born Union Army chaplain and two-term member of Congress for South Carolina's First District.
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Life Summary
Full name
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
John Whittemore (father), Mandanna D. Stone (wife)
Education
Other
Other Education
Amherst College (MA)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Businessman
Clergy
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Methodist
Political Parties
Republican
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Military
Union Army
