district state_senate death_date predecessor successor birth_place party profession birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name
25th 19th 21st illinois illinois illinois 10 october 1889 meredith walker '' redistricted '' '' new district '' edward a. washburn '' redistricted '' '' redistricted '' arcadia , new york republican farmer 17 november 1819 1882 1872 1870 indiantown township , bureau county , illinois lorenzo d. whiting
 1886 1882 1872 lorenzo d. whiting
lorenzo d. whiting

lorenzo dow whiting -lrb- november 17 , 1819 -- october 10 , 1889 -rrb- was an american politician from new york .
born to an early american family , whiting worked as a store clerk before moving to illinois in 1838 to study patent law .
after a seven-year return to new york , whiting established a farm in bureau county , illinois , which became one of the most prosperous in the region .
this led to his being elected as township supervisor , then to the illinois general assembly .
he served in the assembly for eighteen years : two as a representative and sixteen as a senator .
he was known for his advocacy of canals and opposition to railroads .
he was the father of journalist lilian whiting .
