Wilkinson Call
Wilkinson Call | |
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United States Senator from Florida | |
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1897 | |
Preceded by | Simon B. Conover |
Succeeded by | Stephen Mallory II |
Personal details | |
Born | Russellville, Kentucky | January 9, 1834
Died | August 24, 1910 Washington, D.C. | (aged 76)
Political party | Democratic |
Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834 – August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897.[1]
Biography
Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call and cousin of Florida governor David S. Walker and U.S. Senator from Arkansas James D. Walker, was born on January 9, 1834, in Logan County, Kentucky. He was the son of Dr. George W. Call and Lucinda Lee. His mother was a member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia. Kentucky senator John J. Crittenden was his uncle by marriage.
By the late 1830s, his parents relocated to
Call was elected to represent Florida in the United States Senate as a Democrat on December 29, 1865, but was not permitted to enter office by the Republican majority there, like many other Confederate leaders.[1] He subsequently served as a member of the Democratic National Committee and again practiced law in Jacksonville.
He was elected, again, as a Democrat to the United States Senate January 21, 1879 and was reelected to his seat January 20, 1885, and May 26, 1891, and served from March 1879 to March 1897 (with a brief vacancy due to the legislature's failure to elect by March 1891). Along with
Upon retiring from the United States Senate, Call resided in
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7656-0331-9. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
External links
- United States Congress. "Wilkinson Call (id: c000051)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress