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George Herbert Whitney (August 19, 1863 in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts – April 22, 1928 in Mechanicville, Saratoga County, New York) was an American pharmacist and politician from New York. ==Life== He was the son of George Fenn Whitney. He attended the public schools in Stockbridge, and then began to work as a drugstore clerk, first in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, then in Hudson, New York, and then in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1884, he passed the New York State pharmacy exam, the next year began managing his brother-in-law's drugstore in Mechanicville, and succeeded to the business in 1887. He was Treasurer of the Village of Machanicville for two terms; and Supervisor of the Town of Halfmoon for several terms beginning in 1898. Whitney was a member of the New York State Assembly (Saratoga Co.) in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1912; and was Chairman of the Committee on Public Health in 1908, on Internal Affairs in 1909 and 1910, and on Ways and Means in 1912. He was a member of the New York State Senate (30th D.) from 1913 to 1918, sitting in the 136th, 137th, 138th, 139th, 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the New York State Commission for the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915. He died on April 22, 1928, in Mechanicville, New York, of a heart attack. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George H. Whitney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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