Christine Todd Whitman was born Christine Temple Todd in New York City on September 26, 1946. Her mother … See more

Christine Todd married John Whitman in 1974. Christine Todd Whitman worked for the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Republican National Committee.
Whitman served on the board of trustees of Somerset … See more

After winning a Republican primary, Whitman ran against incumbent James Florio for governor of New Jersey in the 1993 general election. Whitman won the election by a plurality, defeating Florio by one percen… See more

Whitman was mentioned as a potential Republican vice presidential candidate in 1996.
According to The New York Times, Whitman "seemed to be on a short list of vice presid… See more

Whitman was appointed by President George W. Bush as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, taking office on January 31, 2001.
In the final weeks of the Clinton administrati… See more

In early 2005, Whitman released a book entitled It's My Party, Too: Taking Back the Republican Party... And Bringing the Country Together Again in which she criticized the policies of the George W. Bush administrati… See more

At a 1973 inaugural ball for Richard Nixon, Christine had her first date with John R. Whitman (1944-2015), an old friend she had met while a student at Chapin. The pair married the next year. Whitman was a businessm… See more