From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sumner Gage Whittier
58th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office 1953 – 1957
Governor	Christian Herter
Preceded by	Charles F. Sullivan
Succeeded by	Robert F. Murphy
Born	July 4, 1911(1911-07-04)
Died	January 8, 2010 (aged 98) Baltimore, Maryland
Political party	Republican

Sumner Gage Whittier (July 4, 1911 – January 8, 2010) was an American politician who served two two-year terms as Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957. He was the Republican candidate for Governor in 1956, but lost to Democrat Foster Furcolo. He was then appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to head the U.S. Veterans Administration, a position he held until 1964. Thereafter he worked at various agencies in Washington, D.C..

Previously he was an Alderman in the City of Everett, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a Massachusetts Senator. He graduated from Boston University in 1936. The Sumner G. Whittier School in Everett is named after him.

Whittier lived in Ellicott City, Maryland. He died on January 8, 2010.^[1]

References

External links

• 2000 B.U. Alumni profile
• Social Security History photo
• 90th birthday celebration, 2001
• Sumner G. Whittier's obituary

Administrators of Veterans Affairs (1930–1989) Hines • Bradley • Gray • Higley • Whittier • Gleason • Driver • Johnson • Roudebush • Cleland • Nimmo • Walters • Turnage • Derwinski