William Wilkins (December 20, 1779 – June 23, 1865) was an American judge and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the United States Senate from 1831 to 1834 and as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1843 to 1844. He served as a member of both houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, United States Minister to Russia and the 19th United States Secretary of War.
William Wilkins
Pennsylvania Western District Court
Born 1779 in Carlisle, PA
Died 1865 in Homewood, near Pittsburgh, PA
FJC ID: 2585
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1801–1806, 1808–1815, 1836–1843, 1845– , 1858–1865
- PennsylvaniaState senator · 1855–1857
- Secretary of War1844–1845
- U.S. representative from Pennsylvania1829–1830, 1843–1844
U.S. Department of StateMinister to Russia · 1834–1836- U.S. senator from Pennsylvania1831–1834
- Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fifth Judicial DistrictPresident judge · 1820–1824
- PennsylvaniaState representative · 1819–1820
- Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania] City CouncilPresident · 1816–1819
- Private practice, Lexington, Kentucky1806–1807
Appointments
1824–1831 · Appointed by James Monroe (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- Dickinson College1802
- Read law1801