About: Williams Carter Wickham

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Williams Carter Wickham (September 21, 1820 – July 23, 1888) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. A plantation owner who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, Wickham also became a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861, where he voted against secession, but after fellow delegates and voters approved secession, he joined the Confederate States Army and rose to the rank of cavalry general, then became a Confederate States Congressman near the end of the American Civil War. Later, Wickham became a Republican and helped rebuild Virginia's infrastructure after gaining control of the heavily damaged Virginia Central Railroad, which he repaired and helped merge into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway company. Cooperating with financier Collis Huntington, Wickham de

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  • Williams Carter Wickham (* 21. September 1820 in Richmond, Virginia; † 23. Juli 1888 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist, Eisenbahnmann und Politiker. Ferner war er General in der Konföderiertenarmee während des Bürgerkrieges. (de)
  • Williams Carter Wickham (21 septembre 1820 - 23 juillet 1888) est un avocat, juge, homme politique, et un important général confédéré de cavalerie qui a combattu lors des campagnes de Virginie pendant la guerre de Sécession. Après la guerre, il occupe divers postes politiques et est président de la société Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. (fr)
  • Williams Carter Wickham (September 21, 1820 – July 23, 1888) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. A plantation owner who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, Wickham also became a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861, where he voted against secession, but after fellow delegates and voters approved secession, he joined the Confederate States Army and rose to the rank of cavalry general, then became a Confederate States Congressman near the end of the American Civil War. Later, Wickham became a Republican and helped rebuild Virginia's infrastructure after gaining control of the heavily damaged Virginia Central Railroad, which he repaired and helped merge into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway company. Cooperating with financier Collis Huntington, Wickham developed coal resources and the Newport News Shipyard. He was also again elected to the Virginia Senate. His son Henry T. Wickham also became a lawyer and would work with his father and eventually twice become the speaker pro tempore of the Virginia Senate. (en)
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  • Richmond, Virginia, U.S. (en)
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  • Member of the Virginia Senate (en)
  • Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Hanover County (en)
  • Member of the Confederate States House of Representatives from Virginia's 3rd district (en)
  • for Hanover and Henrico (en)
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  • Williams Carter Wickham (* 21. September 1820 in Richmond, Virginia; † 23. Juli 1888 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist, Eisenbahnmann und Politiker. Ferner war er General in der Konföderiertenarmee während des Bürgerkrieges. (de)
  • Williams Carter Wickham (21 septembre 1820 - 23 juillet 1888) est un avocat, juge, homme politique, et un important général confédéré de cavalerie qui a combattu lors des campagnes de Virginie pendant la guerre de Sécession. Après la guerre, il occupe divers postes politiques et est président de la société Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. (fr)
  • Williams Carter Wickham (September 21, 1820 – July 23, 1888) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. A plantation owner who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, Wickham also became a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861, where he voted against secession, but after fellow delegates and voters approved secession, he joined the Confederate States Army and rose to the rank of cavalry general, then became a Confederate States Congressman near the end of the American Civil War. Later, Wickham became a Republican and helped rebuild Virginia's infrastructure after gaining control of the heavily damaged Virginia Central Railroad, which he repaired and helped merge into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway company. Cooperating with financier Collis Huntington, Wickham de (en)
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  • Williams Carter Wickham (de)
  • Williams Carter Wickham (fr)
  • Williams Carter Wickham (en)
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