Edward Baldwin Whitney was born 16 May 1857 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut to William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894) and Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin (1824-1912) and died 5 January 1911 Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut of unspecified causes. He married Anna Josepha Newcomb (1871-) 27 September 1871 in Washington.
Biography
Edward Baldwin Whitney was born August 16, 1857. His father was linguist William Dwight Whitney (1827–1894) of the New England Dwight family. His mother was Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin, daughter of US Senator and Governor of Connecticut Roger Sherman Baldwin.[1]
He graduated from Yale College, 1878, where he was a member of Skull and Bones along with future US President William H. Taft.[2]:150 After Yale he went on to the Columbia Law School and was admitted to the bar of New York, 1880.
He was managing clerk, Bristow, Peet & Opdyke. In 1883, with General Henry Lawrence Burnett, who was a member of that firm, he formed the firm of Burnett & Whitney.[3]
He was a justice on the First District New York State Supreme Court from 1909-1911.
Aside from his judgeship, he never held elected office. He was an active Democrat and organizer of the national association of Democratic clubs, secretary from its organization, 1888-90. Secretary, anti-Hill organization in New York up to the time of the February convention last year, when it was reorganized. At the May 1892 convention at Syracuse he was chosen as delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago.
Whitney was a trustee, Reform Club; member, Century Club; Democratic Club; Skull and Bones; and of the Lawyers' club and of the bar association of New York. He was appointed by President Grover Cleveland to be Assistant Attorney General of the United States.[when?]
Marriage & Family
He married A. Josepha Newcomb, the daughter of astronomer and mathematician Simon Newcomb. Their son was mathematician Hassler Whitney (1907-1989). He died January 5, 1911. He had just been appointed to the New York State Supreme Court, and contracted a cold that turned into pneumonia on his return from being sworn in.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Sylvia Whitney (1898-1898) | |||
| William Dwight Whitney (1899-1973) | |||
| Caroline Whitney (1901-1938) | |||
| Simon Newcomb Whitney (1903-1982) | |||
| Roger Sherman Whitney (1905-1965) | |||
| Hassler Whitney (1907-1989) | 23 March 1907 New York City, New York | 10 May 1989 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey | Margaret R. Howell Mary Barnett Garfield Barbara Floyd Osterman |
| Elizabeth Baldwin Whitney (1911-) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857-1911) | 16 May 1857 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | 5 January 1911 Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut | Anna Josepha Newcomb (1871-) |
| Williston Clap Whitney (1859-1861) | |||
| Marian Parker Whitney (1861-) | |||
| Micah Parker Whitney (1861-) | |||
| Roger Sherman Baldwin Whitney (1863-1874) | |||
| Emily Henrietta Whitney (1864-) | |||
| Margaret Dwight Whitney (1866-) | |||
References
- Edward Whitney - Wikipedia