Wilkins, William
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1779, in Carlisle, Pa. He was a senator in congress from Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1834. He was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Russia in 1834; and was a representative in congress from 1843 to 1844. In 1844 and 1845 he was secretary of war under President Tyler; and subsequently held the office of judge of the United States district court for western Pennsylvania. He died June 23, 1865, near Pittsburg, Pa.