Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

William Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908)
MSA SC 3520-1466

Sources:


Newspaper articles -

"Our New Governor."  The Annapolis Gazette, 9 January 1872.

"Mr. Archer Dying."  The Baltimore Sun, 2 August 1898.

"Wm. Pinkney Whyte Appointed Senator; Maryland's 'Grand Old Man' Chosen To Succeed Mr. Gorman."  The Baltimore Sun, 9 June 1906.

"New Senator Hears It; Not Officially Notified Yet, But Will Accept Place."  The Baltimore Sun, 9 June 1906.

"A Life Full of Honors; Extraordinary Record of Ex-Governor Whyte In Politics."  The Baltimore Sun, 9 June 1906.

"Full of Honors; Senator Whyte's Long and Distinguished Career Had Few Parallels."  The Baltimore Sun, 18 March 1908.


Publications:

Baltimore, Maryland.  The Monumental City.  The Liverpool of America with the Finest Harbor in The World.  A Souvenir of the
        One Hundred and Twenty-First Anniversary of the Baltimore American 1773-1894.  Baltimore:  American's Job Printing Office, 1895.
        Biographical sketch on p. 64.

The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and the District of Columbia Baltimore:  National Biographical Publishing Co., 1879.
        Biographical sketch on pp. 652-653.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-1989. Bicentennial Edition.  Washington:  Government Printing Office, 1988.
        Biographical sketch on p. 2046.

Coyle, Wilbur F.  The Mayors of Baltimore.  Reprinted from The Baltimore Municipal Journal, 1919.
        Biographical sketch on pp. 153-159.

Eisenberg, Gerson G.  Marylanders Who Served the Nation:  A Biographical Dictionary of Federal Officials from Maryland. Annapolis:  Maryland State
        Archives, 1992.
        Biographical sketch on pp. 230-231.

Kent, Frank R. The Story of Maryland Politics.  Reprint edition.  Hatboro, Pa.:  Tradition Press, 1968.

Malone, Dumas, ed. Dictionary of American Biography, vol. X.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964.
        Biographical sketch on pp. 178-179.

Mayer, Brantz.  Baltimore:  Past and Present with Biographical Sketches of its Representative Men.  Baltimore:  Richardson & Bennett, 1871.
          Biographical sketch on pp. 524-528.

Message of the Executive to the General Assembly of Maryland, At its Regular Session, 1874.  Annapolis, 1874.

Official Congressional Directory, 59th Congress, Second Session, 1st ed. Washington:  Government Printing Office, 1906.
        Biographical sketch on pp. 3-4.

Riley, Elihu S. A History of the General Assembly of Maryland.  Baltimore, 1905.

A Salute to the Maryland Irish.  Baltimore:  Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, 1976.
        Biographical sketch on pp. 61-62.

Warfield, J.D.  The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties.  Baltimore:  Regional Publishing Company, 1967.

White, Frank F., Jr.  Governors of Maryland 1777-1970. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1970.
        Biographical sketch on pp. 178-183.

Who Was Who In America, vol. 1, 1897-1942.  Chicago:  The A.N. Marquis Company, 1943.
        Biographical sketch on p. 1342.


Other sources -

Baltimore City Government biography of William Pinkney Whyte

Elihu E. Jackson, Governor, William Pinkney Whyte, Attorney-General, and others vs. John Carroll Walsh, and others.  Court of Appeals of Maryland.
        75 Md. 304; 23 A. 778; 1892 Md. LEXIS 71.

Notes from Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Legislative History Project Collection) William Pinkney Whyte File,
        MSA SC 1138-1466, 2/11/11/09.

William Pinkney Whyte and Benjamin F. Horwitz, Trustees vs. Charles Dimmock.  Court of Appeals of Maryland.  55 Md. 452; 1881 Md. LEXIS 53.


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