Former State Tax Collector, Wilkinson, Dies
MILWAUKEE -- A. H. Wilkinson, 78, who held both state and federal offices in a long career in public life, died Friday of cancer.
He was collector of internal revenue in Milwaukee from 1921 until his resignation in 1933. He was a former state senator from Bayfield, a banker there for many years and a former president of the Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture. In recent years he was a tax consultant here.
A prominent Republican, he was appointed to public posts by several Wisconsin governors.
At 25 he organized the First National Bank of Bayfield, became its first president and remained there until President Harding appointed him internal revenue collector.
Wilkinson was elected to the state senate in 1916 from the 12th District and served two terms. The district then included the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Rusk and Price.
Gov. James C. Davidson appointed Wilkinson to the National Farm Land Congress and the national Rivers and Harbors Congress in 1909.
Gov. Francis McGovern appointed him to the State Board of Agriculture in 1914 and Gov. E.L. Philipp chose him as Wisconsin's representative at the National Congress on Marketing and Farm Credits in Chicago in 1915 and a delegate to the Great Lakes Congress in Chicago in 1919.
Mr. Wilkinson was a descendent of Revolutionary War patriots Hezekiah Lindsey through his mother the former Mary Elizabeth Lindsey, and Joseph Wilkinson through his father.
His beloved wife Lillian predeceased him in 1944.
- The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
19 Jun 1954, Sat • Page 15
MILWAUKEE -- A. H. Wilkinson, 78, who held both state and federal offices in a long career in public life, died Friday of cancer.
He was collector of internal revenue in Milwaukee from 1921 until his resignation in 1933. He was a former state senator from Bayfield, a banker there for many years and a former president of the Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture. In recent years he was a tax consultant here.
A prominent Republican, he was appointed to public posts by several Wisconsin governors.
At 25 he organized the First National Bank of Bayfield, became its first president and remained there until President Harding appointed him internal revenue collector.
Wilkinson was elected to the state senate in 1916 from the 12th District and served two terms. The district then included the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Rusk and Price.
Gov. James C. Davidson appointed Wilkinson to the National Farm Land Congress and the national Rivers and Harbors Congress in 1909.
Gov. Francis McGovern appointed him to the State Board of Agriculture in 1914 and Gov. E.L. Philipp chose him as Wisconsin's representative at the National Congress on Marketing and Farm Credits in Chicago in 1915 and a delegate to the Great Lakes Congress in Chicago in 1919.
Mr. Wilkinson was a descendent of Revolutionary War patriots Hezekiah Lindsey through his mother the former Mary Elizabeth Lindsey, and Joseph Wilkinson through his father.
His beloved wife Lillian predeceased him in 1944.
- The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
19 Jun 1954, Sat • Page 15
Former State Tax Collector, Wilkinson, Dies
MILWAUKEE -- A. H. Wilkinson, 78, who held both state and federal offices in a long career in public life, died Friday of cancer.
He was collector of internal revenue in Milwaukee from 1921 until his resignation in 1933. He was a former state senator from Bayfield, a banker there for many years and a former president of the Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture. In recent years he was a tax consultant here.
A prominent Republican, he was appointed to public posts by several Wisconsin governors.
At 25 he organized the First National Bank of Bayfield, became its first president and remained there until President Harding appointed him internal revenue collector.
Wilkinson was elected to the state senate in 1916 from the 12th District and served two terms. The district then included the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Rusk and Price.
Gov. James C. Davidson appointed Wilkinson to the National Farm Land Congress and the national Rivers and Harbors Congress in 1909.
Gov. Francis McGovern appointed him to the State Board of Agriculture in 1914 and Gov. E.L. Philipp chose him as Wisconsin's representative at the National Congress on Marketing and Farm Credits in Chicago in 1915 and a delegate to the Great Lakes Congress in Chicago in 1919.
Mr. Wilkinson was a descendent of Revolutionary War patriots Hezekiah Lindsey through his mother the former Mary Elizabeth Lindsey, and Joseph Wilkinson through his father.
His beloved wife Lillian predeceased him in 1944.
- The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
19 Jun 1954, Sat • Page 15
MILWAUKEE -- A. H. Wilkinson, 78, who held both state and federal offices in a long career in public life, died Friday of cancer.
He was collector of internal revenue in Milwaukee from 1921 until his resignation in 1933. He was a former state senator from Bayfield, a banker there for many years and a former president of the Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture. In recent years he was a tax consultant here.
A prominent Republican, he was appointed to public posts by several Wisconsin governors.
At 25 he organized the First National Bank of Bayfield, became its first president and remained there until President Harding appointed him internal revenue collector.
Wilkinson was elected to the state senate in 1916 from the 12th District and served two terms. The district then included the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Rusk and Price.
Gov. James C. Davidson appointed Wilkinson to the National Farm Land Congress and the national Rivers and Harbors Congress in 1909.
Gov. Francis McGovern appointed him to the State Board of Agriculture in 1914 and Gov. E.L. Philipp chose him as Wisconsin's representative at the National Congress on Marketing and Farm Credits in Chicago in 1915 and a delegate to the Great Lakes Congress in Chicago in 1919.
Mr. Wilkinson was a descendent of Revolutionary War patriots Hezekiah Lindsey through his mother the former Mary Elizabeth Lindsey, and Joseph Wilkinson through his father.
His beloved wife Lillian predeceased him in 1944.
- The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
19 Jun 1954, Sat • Page 15
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