Morton S. Wilkinson

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(January 22, 1819 — February 4, 1894) Wilkinson was an American politician and lawyer, and at one time worked in the railroad business. Morton Wilkinson was born in Onondaga County, New York and moved to Minnesota in 1847 after studying law and being admitted to the bar. Wilkinson was integral to the establishment of the Minnesota Territory, serving on the first legislature of the territory (1849), as well as the Board of Commissioners to prepare a code of laws for the territory (1858). After Minnesota obtained statehood, Wilkinson was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1865. He was, again, elected as a Republican to the Forty-First Congress from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. He served as both a Senator and Representative. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000476]

Member of Minnesota Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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