William W. Whittington Jr., Rapides Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 464-465. Edited by Alc‚e Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. WILLIAM W. WHITTINGTON, JR. Whittington, William W., Jr., planter, industrialist and financier, was born in Alexandria, La., June 11, 1875; son of W. W. and Emily (Walker) Whittington. His father was born in Rapides parish, La., and has long been a prominent attorney of Alexandria. His grandfather, William W., was a native of Maryland, and came to Louisiana about 1835, locating in Rapides Parish, where he engaged in planting and the practice of law. The great- grandfather, also William W., was also born in Maryland, was a member of the legal fraternity, and a circuit judge for about 30 years. The great- great-grandfather was born in England. The mother of the subject of this sketch was a granddaughter of Gen. Joseph M. Walker, who was governor of Louisiana from 1850 to 1853, and who had previously held high offices in the service of the state. Gen. Walker was born in England, and came to America when a young man. His son, John, father of Mrs. Whittington, was a Louisiana planter William W. Whittington, Jr., was the second of 8 children born to his parents, all of whom except the oldest, who died in infancy, as also the parents, are living at this writing. The children are,: William W., Margaret M., now Mrs. A.R. Choppin, resident of Louisiana; J.M. Sandige, real estate dealer, Alexandria; G. Purnell, attorney, Alexandria; Edward F., attorney, Clarksdale, Miss.; Robert M., manufacturer, Alexandria, and Miss Emily. William W. attended school at Alexandria and later Tulane University, New Orleans, taking the degree B. A. in 1896. He was appointed U.S. to occupy this position for 14 years, in the meantime becoming a commissioner for the western district of Louisiana, and continued interested in planting and in the lumber business. He is a director of the First National bank of Alexandria, secretary-treasurer of the Enterprise Lumber Co. and the Bradford-Kees Lumber Co., and has other business interests at various points in the state. Mr. Whittington was elected mayor of Alexandria in 1913, under the commission form of government, and occupies that office at this writing. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, local lodge, No. 546, and is a Past Exalted Ruler in that order. He is also a member of Alexandria Country club and Rapides club. He has been a life-long democrat; and was an alternate delegate to the democratic national convention at Baltimore, at which Woodrow Wilson was nominated for the presidency.