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Peter G. Van Winkle

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conducted hearings on the widespread reports that Republican senators had been bribed to vote for Johnson's acquittal. In Butler's hearings, and in subsequent inquiries, there was increasing evidence that some acquittal votes were acquired by promises of patronage jobs and cash cards.
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in 1863. When West Virginia was admitted as a State into the Union, voters elected Van Winkle as a Unionist to the U.S. Senate, where he served from August 4, 1863, to March 3, 1869. While in the Senate, Van Winkle was chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Fortieth Congress).
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After Virginia seceded from the Union, much to the distress of many in its northwestern corner, Wood County voters elected Van Winkle to the second
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Van Winkle died in Parkersburg in 1872. He was buried beside his wife (whom he had survived by nearly three decades) in Riverview Cemetery.
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in 1850. He was treasurer and later president of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad Co. beginning in 1852 through the
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Otis K. Rice, West Virginia: The State and its People (Parson, West Virginia: McClain Printing Co, 1972) pp.201-203
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Born in New York City to an established family, Van Winkle completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was
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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875
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and also served in 1862 as an influential delegate to the convention which framed the first
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Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy
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Unconditional Union Party United States senators from West Virginia
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of West Virginia. He was also elected to the first session of the
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After further studies locally with lawyer and General
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Winant Van Winkle

United States Senator
West Virginia
Arthur I. Boreman
West Virginia House of Delegates
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Union
Republican

Northwestern Virginia Railroad
West Virginia
United States senator
admitted to the bar
Burning Springs
Parkersburg, Virginia
John Jay Jackson Sr.
board of trustees
Wood County
Virginia
constitutional convention
American Civil War
Wheeling Convention
Restored Government of Virginia
constitution
West Virginia House of Delegates
Andrew Johnson
impeachment trial
James Dixon
James Rood Doolittle

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