Bertine Pinckney
StateKansas
State houseKansas
District77th
Term startJanuary 5, 1874
Term endJanuary 4, 1875
PredecessorJ. K. McLean
SuccessorR. C. Bates
Order 17th
Title 1Mayor of Ripon, Wisconsin
Term start 1April 1864
Term end 1April 1865
Predecessor 1Charles F. Hammond
Successor 1Henry T. Hinton
Office 2Member of the Wisconsin Senate
Constituency 220th Senate district
Term start 2January 3, 1853
Term end 2January 2, 1854
Predecessor 2Position established
Successor 2Charles A. Eldredge
Constituency 34th Senate district
Term start 3January 5, 1852
Term end 3January 3, 1853
Predecessor 3John A. Eastman
Successor 3Baruch S. Weil
State assembly 4Wisconsin
District 4Fond du Lac 2nd
Term start 4January 7, 1850
Term end 4January 6, 1851
Predecessor 4Jonathan Daugherty
Successor 4Morris S. Barnett
Party
Birth dateApril 26, 1824
Birth placeNew York City, New York, U.S.
Death dateDecember 26, 1909 (aged 85)
Death placePeabody, Kansas, U.S.
Resting placePrairie Lawn Cemetery, Peabody, Kansas
SpouseLouise P. Pinkney (died 1914)
FatherWilliam Pinkney
MotherHannah Bertine
AllegianceUnited States
BranchUnited States Army
Union Army
RankColonel, USV
Service years1861–1862
Commands20th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
BattlesAmerican Civil War

Bertine B. Pinckney (April 26, 1824 – December 26, 1909) was an American farmer, surveyor, and politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Fond du Lac County, and later served in the Kansas House of Representatives. During the American Civil War, he served as a Union Army officer and was colonel of the 20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment until suffering a stroke in December 1862. His last name is often spelled Pinkney.

Biography

Born in New York City, he moved to Rosendale, Wisconsin Territory, in 1847. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1850, representing Fond du Lac County's western Assembly district. In 1851, he was elected to represent the 4th State Senate district in 1852, and was redistricted that year to the 20th Senate district, where he served for 1853.[1] He was originally a member of the Whig Party, but joined the Democratic Party after the 1852 election, and joined the Republican Party when it was organized in 1854.

During the American Civil War, Pinckney enlisted in the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment was appointed major. Then in 1862, he was commissioned colonel in the 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Pinckney suffered a stroke and had to resign his commission. In 1864, he served as mayor of Ripon, Wisconsin.

Pinckney moved to Peabody, Kansas, in 1871.[2][3] In 1875, Pinckley served as a Republican in the Kansas House of Representatives as a representative of Marion County,[2] and starting in 1877 was the postmaster of Peabody, Kansas.[4][5][6] He died in Peabody[2] and is buried at Prairie Lawn Cemetery there.

References

  1. ^ "Pinckney". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. ^ "Civil War Colonel Is Dead". The Salina Evening Journal. December 31, 1909. p. 6. Retrieved November 16, 2016. – via Newspapers.com
  3. ^ This Day in Wisconsin History-April 26
  4. ^ 'History of the State of Kansas' William G. Cutler, A.T. Andreas, Chicago. Illinois: 1883, Marion County, Kansas, Part 6.
  5. ^ "The Peabody Post-Office". Marion County Record. March 15, 1878. p. 3. Retrieved November 16, 2016. – via Newspapers.com
  6. ^ "Washington Notes". The Daily Commonwealth. June 28, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved November 16, 2016. – via Newspapers.com

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