| Platt Whitman | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Senate: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 17th |
| Term Start: | January 4, 1915 |
| Term End: | January 6, 1919 |
| Predecessor: | Harry C. Martin |
| Successor: | Oscar R. Olson |
| State Assembly1: | Wisconsin |
| District1: | Iowa |
| Term Start1: | January 4, 1909 |
| Term End1: | January 2, 1911 |
| Predecessor1: | David J. Morris |
| Successor1: | Thomas M. Evans |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1871 |
| Birth Place: | Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | East Side Cemetery, |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, banker, politician |
| Father: | Joel Whitman |
Platt Whitman (February 6, 1871September 11, 1935) was an American lawyer, banker, and Republican politician. He served four years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1915 - 1919) and two years in the Assembly (1909 - 1911), representing Iowa County.
Whitman was born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.[1] [2] He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1893 and the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1895.[1]
He died in Rochester, Minnesota, on September 11, 1935, and is interred in the East Side Cemetery in Dodgeville near the Jones-Owens Mausoleum.[1]
His father was Joel Whitman.
Whitman was elected to the Assembly in 1908.[1] Later, he was a member of the Senate from the 17th district from 1915 to 1918.[1] He was a Republican.[3]