About Samuel J. Wilkin
Lived 1793 – 1866 (aged 72). Samuel J. Wilkin was an American politician and lawyer.
Samuel Jones Wilkin (December 17, 1793 – March 11, 1866) was a U.S. representative from New York, son of James W. Wilkin.
Born in Goshen, New York, Wilkin graduated from Princeton College in 1812.
He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815 and practiced in Goshen.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Orange Co.) in 1824 and 1825.
Wilkin was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833).
He was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for election in 1844 as Lieutenant Governor of New York.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) in 1848 and 1849. He was a state canal appraiser in 1850.
He died in Goshen, New York, March 11, 1866. He was interred in Slate Hill Cemetery.
His son, Alexander Wilkin, died in the Civil War.
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American politician (1793-1866)
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Samuel J. Wilkin was born on 17 December 1793.
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Samuel J. Wilkin died on 11 March 1866.
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Samuel J. Wilkin was a politician and lawyer.
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