What is G. William Whitehurst?
{{Infobox Congressman | name= G. William Whitehurst | image name= 1985 p137 George William Whitehurst.jpg | state= [[Virginia]] | district= [[Virginia's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] | term_start= January 3, 1969 |term_end = January 3, 1987 | preceded= [[Porter Hardy, Jr.]] | succeeded= [[Owen B. Pickett]] | birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1925|3|12|mf=y}} | birth_place= [[Norfolk, Virginia]] | death_date= | death_place= | spouse= | profession= [[Journalist]], [[Professor]] | religion= | party= [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |alma_mater = [[Washington and Lee University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])</small><br>[[University of Virginia]] <small>([[Masters of Arts|M.A.]])</small><br>[[West Virginia University]] <small>([[Doctorate of Philosophy|Ph.D.]])</small> |}} '''George William Whitehurst''' (born March 12, 1925) is an American professor and politician. He served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from the state of [[Virginia]]. He began his career as a professor at the [[College of William and Mary]]. Whitehurst was elected to Congress in 1968 as a Republican from a district based in the [[Hampton Roads]] area. He was the first Republican to represent that part of Virginia since the [[Great Depression]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walzer|first1=Phil|title=Ex-congressman Whitehurst to Receive Norfolk Award|url=http://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/ex-congressman-whitehurst-to-receive-norfolk-award/article_e7229d25-b5db-5ce1-b07d-575bff59316b.html|access-date=24 October 2016|work=The Virginia Pilot|date=6 March 2015|archive-date=25 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111710/http://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/ex-congressman-whitehurst-to-receive-norfolk-award/article_e7229d25-b5db-5ce1-b07d-575bff59316b.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and only the second Republican elected to a full term from that district in the 20th century. On October 6, 2016, Whitehurst, along with other Republican former members of Congress, was co-signa