Richard H. Whiting
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Richard H. Whiting
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Richard Henry Whiting was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was the uncle of Rep. Ira Clifton Copley, and the grandfather of composer Richard A. Whiting. Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, Whiting attended the common schools.
He moved to Altona, Illinois, in 1850, thence to Galesburg, Illinois, in 1860, where he built a gas works.
During the Civil War he served in the Union Army as paymaster of Volunteers 1862-1866.
He was appointed assessor of internal revenue for the fifth district of I
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American politician
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