Whittemore, Benjamin Franklin

Massachsetts-born Union Army chaplain and two-term member of Congress for South Carolina's First District. 

Life Span
to
    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
    How to Cite This Page: "Whittemore, Benjamin Franklin," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/47377.