John S. Whalen

John S. Whalen

John Sibley Whalen (born June 30, 1868 in Rochester, New York) was Secretary of State of New York from 1907 to 1908.cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whalen.html|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Whalen|accessdate=2008-04-05]

He was a son of Richard Whalen of Rochester, one of the oldest tobacconists in the United States.cite book|title=The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society|year=1913] He graduated from St. Patrick's Parochial School, Rochester High School, and Rochester Business Institute. He then engaged in the cigar and tobacco business in Norwich and Oneonta, New York, later returning to Rochester to work for his father's company. He was a member of the Tobacco Workers' Union and President of the Rochester Trade and Labor Council. [cite book|title=Proceedings of the National Arbitration and Peace Congress|year=1907|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nK0OAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=%22john+s.+whalen%22&source=web&ots=bks_he76Yr&sig=BJqM-2lAvdm-GCZznpYwRTC9qHU&hl=en#PPA238,M1] His high standing in labor circles resulted in his selection by Governor John Alden Dix as First Deputy State Labor Commissioner, and he was nominated for New York Secretary of State by the Independence League, and endorsed by the Democratic Party, and elected in November 1906., [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9805EFD61F3EE733A25753C3A96F9C946797D6CF Ind.L. ticket in NYT on September 30, 1906] ]

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