Bertine B. Pinckney (April 26, 1824December 26, 1909) was an
American farmer, surveyor, and politician. He served in the
Wisconsin State Senate
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and
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, representing
Fond du Lac County
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, and later served in the
Kansas House of Representatives
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. During the
American Civil War
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, he served as a
Union Army
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officer and was colonel of the
20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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Service
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until suffering a
stroke in December 1862. His last name is often spelled Pinkney.
Biography
Born in
New York City
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, he moved to
Rosendale,
Wisconsin Territory
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, in 1847. He was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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in
1850
Events
January–June
* April
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, representing Fond du Lac County's western Assembly district. In 1851, he was elected to represent the
4th State Senate district in
1852
Events
January–March
* January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic.
* January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come t ...
, and was
redistricted
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that year to the
20th Senate district, where he served for
1853
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
* January 8 – Taiping Re ...
. He was originally a member of the
Whig Party, but joined the
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after the 1852 election, and joined the
Republican Party when it was organized in 1854.
During the
American Civil War
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, Pinckney enlisted in the
3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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Service
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was appointed major. Then in 1862, he was commissioned colonel in the
20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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Service
The 20th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service August 23, 1862 ...
. Pinckney suffered a stroke and had to resign his commission. In 1864, he served as mayor of
Ripon, Wisconsin
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.
Pinckney moved to
Peabody, Kansas
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, in 1871.
[ ] In 1875, Pinckley served as a
Republican
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in the
Kansas House of Representatives
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as a representative of Marion County,
and starting in 1877 was the postmaster of Peabody, Kansas.
[ ] He died in Peabody
and is buried at Prairie Lawn Cemetery there.
References
Further reading
''Portrait and Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson, and Marion Counties, Kansas'' Chapman Bros; 614 pages; 1893. See biography of Bertine on pages 415 to 417.
External links
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