Byron Sawyer Whittingham (April 16, 1870 – February 5, 1942) was an American politician and businessman. Whittingham was born in the town of Springvale,

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. He married Marguerite Purves (1874–1951) in 1891. Whittingham was involved in the paint business in

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, where he was the street commissioner and assessor. Whittingham was then in the paint contracting business in

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from 1900 to 1904. In 1904, Whittingham moved to

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, where he started a general mercantile store. He served as town clerk and postmaster of Arpin. Whittingham also served on the school board and was a

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. In 1917, Wittingham was elected to the

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,''Wisconsin Blue Book'', 1919, Biographical Sketch of Byron Whittingham, p. 508. where he served from 1917 to 1921. Whittingham died of pneumonia at his home in Arpin, Wisconsin.

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