Benjamin Franklin Whittemore
Benjamin Whittemore | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district | |
| In office July 18, 1868 – February 24, 1870 | |
| Preceded by | John McQueen (1860) |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Rainey |
| Member of the South Carolina Senate from the Darlington County district | |
| In office November 22, 1870 – June 9, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | John Lunney |
| Succeeded by | William Coker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin Franklin Whittemore May 18, 1824 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 25, 1894 (aged 69) Montvale, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Amherst College |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army (Union Army) |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Unit | Army Chaplain Corps |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore (May 18, 1824 – January 25, 1894) was an American minister, politician, and publisher. After his theological studies, he was a minister and then a chaplain for Massachusetts regiments during the Civil War. Stationed in South Carolina at the war's end, he accepted the position of superintendent of education for the Freedmen's Bureau. A Republican, he was elected a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He was censured 1870 for selling appointments to the United States Naval Academy and other military academies. He spent his later years in Massachusetts, where he was a publisher.