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Wilkinson, Morton Smith  "M.S."  

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Territorial House 1849 (District 2); Senate 1874-77 (District 14)

Party when first elected:   

Counties Served:  Blue Earth, Faribault, Washington

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 01/22/1819 (uncertain) Date of Death:  02/04/1894
Birth Place:  Skaneateles, New York Birth County:     Onondaga Birth Country:   United States
Other Names:   M.S.  
Gender:   Male Religion:   
City of Residence (when first elected):   Stillwater

Occupation (when first elected):   Lawyer

EDUCATION
Academic Education; At Least Elementary School
New York Common Schools; At Least Elementary School
Studied Law; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1842

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Territorial Government Minnesota Territory (Prosecuting Attorney) ??/??/18?? to ??/??/18??
County Government Ramsey County, Minnesota (Register of Deeds) Elected ??/??/1851 to ??/??/1853
U.S. Senator Minnesota Elected 03/04/1859 to 03/03/1865
U.S. Representative 1st Congressional District, Minnesota Elected 03/04/1869 to 03/03/1871
County Attorney Faribault County, Minnesota (Prosecuting Attorney) ??/??/1880 to ??/??/1884

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse/Partner:  Married
Children: 
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES
He came to Minnesota in 1847.

He was an unsuccessful Whig Party candidate for the Minnesota Territorial Council in 1853. He was elected by the Republicans to the United States House of Representatives in 1868. He was elected to the Minnesota Senate as a Democrat. He was also a member of the Free Soil Party.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the United States Senate in 1864.

Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress list his birth month as January. Minnesota in Three Centuries lists June.

He moved to Eaton Rapids, Michigan. He then moved to Stillwater, Minnesota in 1847, to St. Paul in 1850, Mankato in 1857, and Wells in 1871.

He died in Wells, Minnesota. He was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
SESSIONS SERVED
Legislative Session: 19 (1877) 
Body: Senate Elected: 11/2/1875 Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/7/1878 
District: 14 Residence: Mankato
Counties Represented: Blue Earth
Occupation: Lawyer  
Party:   Not Available     
Committees:

Legislative Session: 18 (1876) 
Body: Senate Elected: 11/2/1875 Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/7/1878 
District: 14 Residence: Mankato
Counties Represented: Blue Earth
Occupation: Lawyer  
Party:   Not Available     
Committees:

Legislative Session: 17 (1875) 
Body: Senate Elected: 11/4/1873 Term of Office: 1/6/1874 to 1/3/1876 
District: 14 Residence: Mankato
Counties Represented: Blue Earth
Occupation: Attorney  
Party:   Not Available     
Committees:

Legislative Session: 16 (1874) 
Body: Senate Elected: 11/4/1873 Term of Office: 1/6/1874 to 1/3/1876 
District: 14 Residence: Mankato
Counties Represented: Blue Earth
Occupation: Attorney  
Party:   Not Available     
Committees:

 

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