<TABLE> <S> <C>

       
<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND> THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM 
WHITMAN CORPORATION'S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000049573
<NAME> WHITMAN CORPORATION
<MULTIPLIER> 1000

<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   YEAR
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1994
<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1994
<CASH>                                               0
<SECURITIES>                                         0
<RECEIVABLES>                                        0
<ALLOWANCES>                                         0
<INVENTORY>                                          0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                     0
<PP&E>                                               0
<DEPRECIATION>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                       0
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                0
<BONDS>                                              0
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<COMMON>                                             0
<OTHER-SE>                                           0
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                         0
<SALES>                                      1,256,100
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             1,256,100
<CGS>                                          762,800
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                1,087,000<F1>
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                43,400<F2>
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                              45,400<F3>
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                 80,300
<INCOME-TAX>                                    35,600
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                             26,500<F4>
<DISCONTINUED>                                  76,700<F5>
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                   103,200
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     0.98<F6>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     0.97<F7>
<FN>
<F1>
TOTAL COSTS INCLUDE COST OF GOODS SOLD, S,G&A EXPENSES AND AMORTIZATION EXPENSE
OF $762,800, $310,300 AND $13,900, RESPECTIVELY.

<F2>
OTHER EXPENSES INCLUDE A $24,200 UNREALIZED LOSS ON THE INVESTMENT IN 
NORTHFIELD LABORATORIES INC.

<F3>
INTEREST EXPENSE, NET, INCLUDES INTEREST EXPENSE, INTEREST INCOME FROM HUSSMANN
INTERNATIONAL, INC. ("HUSSMANN") AND MIDAS, INC.("MIDAS") AND OTHER INTEREST
INCOME OF $67,000, $20,600 AND $1,000, RESPECTIVELY.  INTEREST INCOME FROM
HUSSMANN AND MIDAS RELATED TO INTERCOMPANY LOANS AND ADVANCES.  THE RELATED
INTEREST EXPENSE RECORDED BY HUSSMANN AND MIDAS IS INCLUDED IN INCOME (LOSS)
FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS.

<F4>
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS IS REDUCED BY MINORITY INTEREST OF $18,200. 

<F5>
IN DECEMBER 1997, HUSSMANN AND MIDAS WERE RECLASSIFIED TO DISCONTINUED 
OPERATIONS.  INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS WAS REPORTED NET OF INCOME
TAX PROVISIONS OF $8,900.

<F6>
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE:

CONTINUING OPERATIONS    $ 0.25
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS    0.73
NET INCOME               $ 0.98

<F7>
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE:

CONTINUING OPERATIONS    $ 0.25
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS    0.72
NET INCOME               $ 0.97 
</FN>
        

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