About Peter Singleton Wilkes
Lived 1827 – 1900 (aged 72–73). Peter Singleton Wilkes was an American lawyer and politician.
Peter Singleton Wilkes (1827 – January 2, 1900) was a prominent Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Wilkes was born in Maury County, Tennessee and later moved to Missouri. He represented that state in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. After the war, he moved to California where he was the law partner of David S. Terry.
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Who was Peter Singleton Wilkes?
American politician (1827–1900)
When was Peter Singleton Wilkes born?
Peter Singleton Wilkes was born in 1827 in Maury County.
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Peter Singleton Wilkes died on 2 January 1900.
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Peter Singleton Wilkes was a lawyer and politician.
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Peter Singleton Wilkes was American.
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