{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}} '''Wilkes Angel''' (February 26, 1817 in Exeter, Otsego County, New York – February 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
==Life== He was the son of William G. Angel and Emily P. (English) Angel (1790–1822). In 1833, he removed with his father to Hammondsport, New York, and in 1835 to Angelica, New York. He attended the common schools, studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Angelica.
He was District Attorney of Allegany County from 1841 to 1844. On December 23, 1841, he married Hannah Marble. He was Supervisor of Angelica in 1849, 1850 and 1861. He was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly (Allegany Co., 1st D.) in 1861. He was a member of the New York State Senate (30th D.) from 1862 to 1865, sitting in the 85th, 86th, 87th and 88th New York State Legislatures.
In 1859, the county seat of Allegany County was transferred to Belmont, and after his tenure in the State Senate Angel moved his law practice there. In 1876, he was appointed Receiver of the Belmont and Buffalo Railroad.
New York State Prison Inspector William P. Angel; Washington Territorial Council member James R. Angel (1836–1899); and Texas Angel (1839–1903), a lawyer in Hailey, Idaho, and Populist contender for U.S. Senator from Idaho in 1897); were his brothers.
==References== *[https://books.google.com/books?id=GX9BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42 ''WILKES ANGEL''] in ''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York''] by William D. Murphy (1863; pages 42f) *[https://books.google.com/books?id=r_xLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA444 ''The New York Civil List''] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 358, 443f, 492 and 507) *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyallega/angelicacoll.html ''ANGELICA COLLECTANEA & OBITUARIES''] compiled by L. L. Stillwell, at RootsWeb *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/10/05/117931523.pdf ''DEATH LIST OF A DAY;...Ex-Justice James R. Angel''] in NYT on October 5, 1899 *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/01/17/117896123.pdf ''No Choice in Idaho''] in NYT on January 17, 1897
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