Elisha Stone Whalen (March 24, 1817 – September 7, 1889) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
[2] When Whalen was 13, he began working as a clerk in a country store in Rock City Falls for two years.
In 1836, he moved to western New York and spent the winter with his father's family in Monroe County.
He then became active in business, working in merchandising, merchant, milling, and produce dealing from 1841 until his retirement for health reasons in 1872.
In 1872, he was elected back to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Orleans County.