John Wilkins Whitfield

John Wilkins Whitfield

John Wilkins Whitfield (March 11, 1818 – October 27, 1879) was a territorial delegate to the United States Congress representing the Kansas Territory from 1854 until 1856. He was late a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Biography

Whitfield was born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee. He served in the Mexican–American War as a lieutenant colonel. He moved to Independence, Missouri, in 1853. He was registrar of the land office at Doniphan, Kansas.

Whitfield served in the Texas cavalry during the Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general.

He settled in Lavaca County, Texas, after the war and served in the Texas House of Representatives. He died in Hallettsville, Texas, where he is buried.

See also

• List of American Civil War generals

Sources

• John Wilkins Whitfield at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-13

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by office created	Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas December 20, 1854 - August 1, 1856	Succeeded by Vacant
Preceded by Vacant	Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas December 9, 1856 - March 3, 1857	Succeeded by Marcus J. Parrott