John O. Whitehouse

John O. Whitehouse

John Osborne Whitehouse (July 19, 1817 - August 24, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Rochester, New Hampshire, Whitehouse received a common-school education.He moved to New York City in 1835 and was engaged as a clerk until 1839, when he moved to Brooklyn, New York, and engaged as a merchant and manufacturer of shoes.He moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1860 and continued the shoe manufacturing business.

Whitehouse was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877).He served as chairman of the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service (Forty-fourth Congress).He was not a candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.He resumed the shoe manufacturing business.He was also interested in banking and railroading.He was owner of the Daily News 1872-1880.He died in Poughkeepsie, New York, August 24, 1881.He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

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