Thomas WHIPPLE, Jr., Congress, NH (1787-1835)

WHIPPLE, Thomas, Jr., a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H., in 1787; completed preparatory studies; moved to Warren, N.H., in 1811; studied medicine in Haverhill and Hanover, N.H., and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1814; commenced practice in Wentworth, N.H.; member of the State house of representatives 1818-1820; elected to the Seventeenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1829); resumed the practice of medicine; died in Wentworth, Grafton County, N.H., January 23, 1835; interment in Wentworth Village Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present