Samuel J. Wilkin

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Samuel J. Wilkin

Samuel Jones Wilkin (born December 17, 1793 in Goshen , Orange County , New York , † March 11, 1866 there ) was an American politician . He was the son of US Congressman James W. Wilkin .

Career

Samuel Jones Wilkin graduated from Princeton College in 1812 . He studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1815 and then began practicing in Goshen. Wilkin served in the New York State Assembly in 1824 and 1825 . Politically, he belonged to the anti-Jacksonian faction . In the 1830 congressional election , Wilkin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Samuel W. Eager on March 4, 1831 . He retired from the after March 3, 1833 Congress of. After the founding of the Whig Party , he joined this and ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor of New York in 1844 . Then he sat in the New York Senate in 1848 and 1849 . In 1850 he worked as a canal appraiser . He died in Goshen on March 11, 1866 and was buried in Slate Hill Cemetery .

Web links

  • Samuel J. Wilkin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Wilkin, Samuel J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilkin, Samuel Jones (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Goshen , New York
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1866
Place of death Goshen , New York