Nelson Evans Whitaker (November 9, 1839 in Principio, Maryland – December 28, 1909 in Wheeling, West Virginia) was an American businessman and politician, principally in the state of West Virginia.
Whitaker's nephew Alexander Glass was the president of Wheeling Steel until 1941.
[4] Whitaker was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Ohio County and served from 1897 to 1899.
He also served one term in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1887-8).
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