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John Henry Whallen

American political boss

Born on: May 1, 1850
Died on: December 3, 1913
Aged: 63 years 216 days (763 months)
Birth Sign: Taurus

 

John Henry Whallen

John Henry Whallen was a Democratic Party political boss in Louisville, Kentucky during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Born in New Orleans, he moved with his family to Cincinnati, Ohio in his youth. As a boy during the Civil War he served the Confederate Army in Schoolfield's Battery as a "powder monkey", a boy who carried gunpowder.

He later served as a courier for General John Hunt Morgan.


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