Brand Whitlock

Politician

Birthday March 4, 1869

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Birthplace Ohio

DEATH DATE Jun 24, 1934 (65)

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About

Attorney, Independent politician, and four-term Mayor of Toledo, Ohio. Also a journalist, he wrote for The Chicago Herald during the early 1890s.

Before Fame

He began his career as a reporter for various Ohio newspapers.

Trivia

He penned biographies of President Abraham Lincoln and poet Walt Whitman.

Family Life

His first wife, Susan Brainerd, died just months after their 1892 wedding. Three years later, he married Susan's sister, Ella Brainerd.

Associated With

He was named Ambassador to Belgium by President Woodrow Wilson.