Peter D. Wigginton

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Peter D. Wigginton

Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton (born September 6, 1839 in Springfield , Illinois , †  July 7, 1890 in Oakland , California ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the state of California twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1843, Peter Wigginton moved with his parents to Wisconsin , where he attended public schools. He then studied at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1859, he began to work in this profession. At that time he also published the Dodgeville Advocate newspaper. In 1862 Wigginton moved to Snelling , California, where he also practiced as a lawyer. Between 1864 and 1868 he was a district attorney in Merced County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1874 , Wigginton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of California , where he succeeded Sherman Otis Houghton on March 4, 1875 . Two years later he was defeated by the governor Romualdo Pacheco by just one vote . Wigginton appealed against the outcome of this election. When this was complied with, he was able to take over the mandate from Pacheco on February 7, 1878 and take his old seat in Congress again. By March 3, 1879, he ended the current legislative period in Congress .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Wigginton practiced as a lawyer in San Francisco . In 1886 he ran unsuccessfully against Washington Bartlett for governor of California; In 1888 he was a candidate for the American Party , a short-lived splinter party, for the office of US Vice President . As the running mate of presidential candidate James Langdon Curtis , he got 1.6 percent of the vote. Peter Wigginton died in Oakland on July 7, 1890.

Web links

  • Peter D. Wigginton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Wigginton, Peter D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wigginton, Peter Dinwiddle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Springfield , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1890
Place of death Oakland , California