William Wilkins ( born William Wilkins ; December 20, 1779 , Carlisle, PA - June 23, 1865 , Pittsburgh, PA) is an American politician. He represented the state of Pennsylvania in both houses of the US Congress, first in the Senate 1831-1834, and then in the House of Representatives 1843-1844. He served as US Secretary of War in 1844-1845.
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Wilkins studied at Dickinson College. He began his career in 1801 as a lawyer in Pittsburgh. He worked as a judge in 1821-1831. In 1828, William Wilkins was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, but resigned before he managed to officially take the position of congressman.
Wilkins replaced William Marx in 1831 as a Pennsylvania Senator. He resigned in 1834 to take the post of US ambassador to Russia. He returned the following year to the United States. He was elected to the House of Representatives again in 1842. He took office, but this time he resigned in 1844 to take the post of Minister of War, which was until the end of the term of President John Tyler .
William Wilkins is buried in the Homewood Cemetery in Wilkinsburg, a city that was named after him.
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- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ http://www.angelfire.com/md/wilkins/judgewilliamwilkins.html