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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—West VirginiaPeter Godwin VAN WINKLE
(1808-1872)
Senate Years of Service:
1863-1867; 1867-1869Party: Unconditional Unionist;
RepublicanVAN WINKLE, Peter Godwin,
(granduncle of Marshall Van Winkle), a Senator from West Virginia;
born in New York City, September 7, 1808; completed preparatory
studies; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Parkersburg, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1835; president of the
town board of trustees 1844-1850; member of the Virginia State
constitutional convention in 1850; treasurer and later president of
the Northwestern Virginia Railroad Co. in 1852; member of the
Wheeling reorganization convention in 1861; delegate to the State
convention which framed the constitution of West Virginia; member,
West Virginia house of delegates 1863; upon the admission of West
Virginia as a State into the Union was elected as a Unionist to the
United States Senate and served from August 4, 1863, to March 3,
1869; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Fortieth Congress); delegate
to the Southern Loyalist Convention at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1866;
resided in Parkersburg, W.Va., where he died April 15, 1872;
interment in River View Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Sturm, Philip, “Senator Peter G. Van Winkle
and the Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trial: A Comprehensive
View.” West Virginia History 58 (1999-2000):
24-43.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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