| L. Whitney Watkins | |
| State Senate: | Michigan |
| District: | 10th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 1909 |
| Term End: | 1912 |
| Predecessor: | Archibald J. Peek |
| Successor: | J. Weston Hutchins |
| Birth Date: | 6 August 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Norvell Township, Michigan, US |
| Spouse: | Grace Edith Alley |
| Party: | Republican Progressive (1912) |
Lucius Whitney Watkins (August 6, 1873September 17, 1950) was a Michigan politician.
Watkins was born in Norvell Township, Michigan on August 6, 1873 to parents Lucius Denison and Sarah Tinkler Watkins.[1]
Watkins was a member of Michigan state board of agriculture from 1899 to 1905. Watkins was elected to the Michigan Senate on November 3, 1908. He served from January 6, 1909 to 1912.[2] Watkins was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan in 1912. Watkins was the Progressive nominee in the 1912 Michigan gubernatorial election. Watkins was a member of the Michigan state board of agriculture again from 1920 to 1927.[1]
Watkins married Grace Edith Alley in 1899. Watkins was a member of the Audubon Society and the Michigan Farm Bureau.[1]
Watkins died on September 17, 1950. He was interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Manchester, Michigan.[3]