<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-31-1995
<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1995
<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>                                      1,448,700
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             1,448,700
<CGS>                                          910,500
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                1,267,600<F1>
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                15,300
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                              47,600<F2>
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                118,200
<INCOME-TAX>                                    52,800
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                             46,800<F3>
<DISCONTINUED>                                  86,700<F4>
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                   133,500
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     1.27<F5>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     1.26<F6>
<FN>
<F1>
TOTAL COSTS INCLUDE COST OF GOODS SOLD, S,G&A EXPENSES AND AMORTIZATION EXPENSE
OF $910,500, $342,500 AND $14,600, RESPECTIVELY.

<F2>
INTEREST EXPENSE, NET, INCLUDES INTEREST EXPENSE, INTEREST INCOME FROM HUSSMANN
INTERNATIONAL, INC. ("HUSSMANN") AND MIDAS, INC.("MIDAS") AND OTHER INTEREST
INCOME OF $70,300, $21,800 AND $900, 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.

<F3>
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS IS REDUCED BY MINORITY INTEREST OF $18,600. 

<F4>
IN DECEMBER 1997, HUSSMANN AND MIDAS WERE RECLASSIFIED TO DISCONTINUED 
OPERATIONS.  INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS WAS REPORTED NET OF INCOME
TAX PROVISIONS OF $54,600.

<F5>
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE:

CONTINUING OPERATIONS    $ 0.44
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS    0.83
NET INCOME               $ 1.27

<F6>
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE:

CONTINUING OPERATIONS    $ 0.44
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS    0.82
NET INCOME               $ 1.26 
</FN>
        

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