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- Peter_G._Van_Winkle abstract "Peter Godwin Van Winkle (September 7, 1808 – April 15, 1872) was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in New York City, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1835. He was president of the town board of trustees from 1844 to 1850 and was a member of the Virginia State constitutional convention in 1850. He was treasurer and later president of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad Co. in 1852 and a member of the Wheeling reorganization convention in 1861. He was a delegate to the State convention which framed the constitution of West Virginia and a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1863. Upon the admission of West Virginia as a State into the Union, he was elected as a Unionist to the U.S. Senate and served from August 4, 1863, to March 4, 1869. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Fortieth Congress).During President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial, Van Winkle broke party ranks, along with six other Republican senators and voted for acquittal. These seven Republican senators were disturbed by how the proceedings had been manipulated in order to give a one-sided presentation of the evidence. Senators William Pitt Fessenden, Joseph S. Fowler, James W. Grimes, John B. Henderson, Lyman Trumbull, Peter G. Van Winkle, and Edmund G. Ross of Kansas, who provided the decisive vote, defied their party and public opinion and voted against impeachment. After the trial, Ben Butler 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.Van Winkle was a delegate to the Southern Loyalist Convention at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1866; he resided in Parkersburg, where he died in 1872. Interment was in Riverview Cemetery.Marshall Van Winkle, Peter Van Winkle's grandnephew, was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey in the Fifty-ninth Congress.His former home at Parkersburg is located in the Julia-Ann Square Historic District., it's known as the Peter G. Van Winkle House.".
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- Peter_G._Van_Winkle deathDate "1872-04-15".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle deathPlace Parkersburg,_West_Virginia.
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle deathYear "1872".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle otherParty Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle party Unionist_Party_(United_States).
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle successor Arthur_I._Boreman.
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- Peter_G._Van_Winkle wikiPageWikiLink William_P._Fessenden.
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- Peter_G._Van_Winkle wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peter G. Van Winkle".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle after Arthur_I._Boreman.
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- Peter_G._Van_Winkle birthDate "1808-09-07".
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- Peter_G._Van_Winkle dateOfDeath "1872-04-15".
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- Peter_G._Van_Winkle deathPlace Parkersburg,_West_Virginia.
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- Peter_G._Van_Winkle name "Peter G. Van Winkle".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle name "Van Winkle, Peter".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle otherparty Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle party Unionist_Party_(United_States).
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle placeOfBirth "New York, New York".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle placeOfDeath Parkersburg,_West_Virginia.
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle predecessor "office established".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle shortDescription "American politician".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle state West_Virginia.
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle state "West Virginia".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle successor Arthur_I._Boreman.
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle termEnd "1869-03-04".
- Peter_G._Van_Winkle termStart "1863-08-04".
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