Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

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

Governor of Maryland, 1872-1874

Sources:


Newspaper/Magazine Articles -

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

"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 Caeer Had Few Parallels," The Baltimore Sun, 18 March 1908.


Publications:

Baltimore City Government biography of William Pinkney Whyte

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

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

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

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

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

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, 3-4.

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

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

Warfield, J.D.  The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties.  Baltimore:  Regional Publishing Company, 1967, 288-289.

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

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

Other -

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


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