Sumner G. Whittier

Sumner Whittier
5th Administrator of Veterans Affairs
In office
December 18, 1957 – January 20, 1961
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byHarvey Higley
Succeeded byJohn Gleason
58th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 8, 1953 – January 3, 1957
GovernorChristian Herter
Preceded byJeff Sullivan
Succeeded byRobert Murphy
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the 4th Middlesex district
In office
January 1943 – January 1953
Preceded byAngier Goodwin
Succeeded byFred Lamson
Personal details
Born
Sumner Gage Whittier

(1911-07-04)July 4, 1911
Everett, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 8, 2010(2010-01-08) (aged 98)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationBoston University (BA)

Sumner Gage Whittier (July 4, 1911 – January 8, 2010) was an American politician who served two two-year terms as the 58th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957.