Smith S. Wilkinson (December 7, 1824 – April 9, 1889) was an

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and Republican politician. He served four years in the Wisconsin State Senate and was President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate for the 1864 session.

Biography

Wilkinson was born December 7, 1824, in Elbridge, New York, to Shubael Wilkinson and Mahala Smith. He married Helen M. Tabor, became a lawyer and raised a family in Prairie du Lac, Wisconsin, (now Milton).Israel Wilkinson
Memoirs of the Wilkinson family in America
Davis & Penniman, 1869. Page 234 Wilkinson represented the 14th State Senate district during the 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1865 sessions and was President pro tempore of the Senate for the 1864 session. He was a Republican and was affiliated with the National Union Party during the

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. He died on April 9, 1889, and is buried in

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* 1824 births 1889 deaths People from Elbridge, New York People from Milton, Wisconsin Republican Party Wisconsin state senators 19th-century American legislators 19th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub