Charles W. Whipple (1805,

Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...

– January 1856) was an American attorney, politician who served as Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, and chief justice of the

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. He was the secretary of the Michigan constitutional convention of 1835 and a delegate to the convention of 1850. Further, Whipple served as secretary of the second session of the Sixth Legislative Council. Whipple's father, Major John Whipple, was an officer during the

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and served under

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1805 births 1856 deaths Delegates to the 1850 Michigan Constitutional Convention Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Chief Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court Politicians from Fort Wayne, Indiana United States Military Academy alumni Regents of the University of Michigan 19th-century American judges 19th-century American legislators Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court {{Michigan-politician-stub