Charles Preston Wickham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Preston Wickham

Union Army officer

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1836

Place of Birth: Norwalk, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1925

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Charles Preston Wickham

  • Charles Preston Wickham (September 15, 1836 – March 18, 1925) was a 19th-century congressman and judge from Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. Wickham attended the public schools, the Norwalk Academy, and the Cincinnati Law School.
  • He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and practiced in Norwalk, Ohio. During the American Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Fifty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, in September 1861 and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel by brevet.
  • He was mustered out of the service July 11, 1865, and resumed the practice of law in Norwalk. He served as prosecuting attorney 1866-1870 and was elected judge of the court of common pleas of the fourth judicial district in 1880 and 1885.
  • Wickham was then elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891) and served as chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Fifty-first Congress).
  • He died in Norwalk, Ohio on March 18, 1925, after being struck by a car and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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