William Wilkins
Personal
Birthday:
12/20/1779
Birthplace:
Carlisle, PA
Date of Death:
6/23/1865
Place of Death:
Homewood, near Pittsburgh, PA
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1801-1806, 1808-1815, 1836-1843, 1845- , 1858-1865
Private practice, Lexington, Kentucky, 1806-1807
President, Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania] City Council, 1816-1819
State representative, Pennsylvania, 1819-1820
President judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fifth Judicial District, 1820-1824
U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1829-1830, 1843-1844
U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-1834
Minister to Russia, U.S. Department of State, 1834-1836
Secretary of War, 1844-1845
State senator, Pennsylvania, 1855-1857
Education
Name of School:
Read law
Degree Year:
1801
Name of School - Second:
Dickinson College
Degree Year - Second:
1802 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Court Name:
Pennsylvania Western District Court
President Nominating:
James Monroe
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
05/12/1824
Termination Date:
04/14/1831
Termination Reason:
Resignation