Peter Singleton Wilkes

Peter Singleton Wilkes (1827 – January 2, 1900) was a prominent Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

Biography

Wilkes was born in Maury County, Tennessee, and later moved to Missouri. He represented that state in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. After the war he moved to California, where he was the law partner of David S. Terry.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Political Graveyard

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