CHARLES S. WHITMAN, the forty-fourth governor of New York, was born in Hanover, Connecticut on September 29, 1868. His education was attained at Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1890, and then at New York University, where he earned an LL.B. degree in 1894.
Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 3, Westport, Conn.; Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.
Charles Seymour Whitman was District Attorney of New York County, 1910-1914, Governor of New York State, 1915-1918.
Addresses, press releases, memoranda, proclamations, and other papers by and in regard to Whitman. The material is confined for the most part to drafts of the Governor's speeches to various groups on such subjects as the NEW YORK STATE PENAL CODE, unification of state laws, public health, education, and agriculture.