About Orlen P. Whitcomb
Lived 1831 – 1898 (aged 66). Orlen P. Whitcomb was an American politician.
Orlan Pliny Whitcomb (December 18, 1831 – February 7, 1898) was an American farmer and politician who served as the third state auditor of Minnesota from 1873 to 1882 as a member of the Republican Party.
Whitcomb was born in Granville, New York. He settled in Rochester, Minnesota Territory on a farm in 1855. He served as county treasurer from 1861 to 1869. Whitcomb served as Minnesota State Auditor from 1873 to 1882. He died in Mankato, Minnesota.
Electoral history 1872
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American politician (1834-1898)
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Orlen P. Whitcomb was born on 18 December 1831.
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Orlen P. Whitcomb died on 7 February 1898.
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