WHEAT, James L., a Postmaster from Wisconsin; born in Bridgeport, Madison County, N.Y., March 22, 1840; United States Army, 1862–1865; coal dealer; elected Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives to the Fifty-first Congress until his resignation on October 1, 1890 (December 2, 1889–October 1, 1890); died on May 19, 1913, in Los Angeles, Calif.; interment at Mariposa District Cemetery, Mariposa, Calif.
[ Top ]History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “WHEAT, James L.,” https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/W/WHEAT,-James-L-/ (June 29, 2022)
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