James W. Wilkin
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James Whitney Wilkin (1762 Wallkill, then Orange County, New York, now Ulster County, New York - February 23, 1845 Goshen, Orange County, New York) was a U.S. Representative from New York, father of Samuel J. Wilkin.
Wilkin served in the Revolutionary War. He graduated from Princeton College in 1785. Then he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1788, and began practice in Goshen, New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1800, and 1808-09, and served as Speaker during the latter term. He entered the State militia and rose through successive grades to the rank of major general. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1801 to 1804 and from 1811 to 1814. He was a member of the Council of Appointment in 1802, 1811, and 1813.
Wilkin was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Fisk. He was reelected to the Fifteenth Congress and served from June 7, 1815, to March 3, 1819. He was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1815.
He was County Clerk of Orange County from 1819 to 1821, and County Treasurer for several years.
He was buried at Slate Hill Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Alexander Sheldon |
Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1808–1809 |
Succeeded by William North |
