George N. Whitman | |
|---|---|
| Member of theCalifornia State Assembly | |
| In office 1859–1860 | |
| Member of theLos Angeles Common Council | |
| In office September 3, 1857 – May 10, 1858 | |
George N. Whitman (ca. 1818- ) was an American politician. He was elected to theLos Angeles, California, Common Council, the legislative branch of that city's government, in aspecial election on September 3, 1857, serving until May 10, 1858.[1] As a resident ofSan Bernardino County, he was a member of theCalifornia State Assembly from the 1st District in 1859–60.[2]
Whitman was born about 1818 inMassachusetts.[3]
In January 1856, Whitman, in Los Angeles, was "deputy sheriff for the State Prison."[4]
On October 12, 1857, a mass meeting at the Pavilion on theLos Angeles Plaza was held in concern over theMountain Meadows Massacre byMormons andAmerican Indians inUtah Territory. Whitman was elected chairman. The next day a resolution was adopted that called for "prompt measures" to be taken "for the punishment of the authors of the recent appalling and wholesale butchery of innocent men, women and children."[5]
Whitman was elected captain of the San Bernardino Mounted Rangers, informally organized on March 29, 1859. When the unit was formally inaugurated on October 10, 1861, Whitman was first or second lieutenant.[6][7][8]
TheLos Angeles News reported in 1860 that Whitman and Sydney P. Waite discovered a silver mine "of astonishing richness" inBear Valley, San Bernardino County."[9]
In 1868, Whitman wasdistrict attorney ofMono County, California.[10]