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Beriah Wilkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889
Preceded by	Joseph D. Taylor
Succeeded by	James W. Owens
Constituency	15th district (1883-1885) 16th district (1885-1887) 15th district (1887-1889)
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 18th district
In office January 5, 1880 – January 1, 1882
Preceded by	John C. Fisher
Succeeded by	Albert J. Pearson
Personal details
Born	(1846-07-10)July 10, 1846 Union County, Ohio, U.S.
Died	June 7, 1905(1905-06-07) (aged 58) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Occupation	Newspaper publisher
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	Union Army
Years of service	1864
Rank	private
Unit	136th Ohio Infantry

Beriah Wilkins (July 10, 1846 – June 7, 1905) was an American politician and Civil War veteran who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1883 to 1889.

Biography

Born near Richwood, Ohio, Wilkins attended the common schools of Marysville, Ohio. During the American Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, May 2, 1864, and served until honorably discharged August 31, 1864. He then engaged in banking in Uhrichsville, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio Senate in 1880 and 1881 and served as member of the Democratic State central committee in 1882.

Congress

Wilkins was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889). He served as chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency (Fiftieth Congress).

Later career and death

After his congressional service, Wilkins settled in Washington, D.C. He became majority owner and publisher of The Washington Post in 1889, and later, in 1894, acquired the entire stock ownership of the paper, serving as editor until his death in Washington, D.C., June 7, 1905. He is interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Beriah Wilkins (id: W000474)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-26

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Financial Services
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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 15th congressional district
Sloane Allen Andrews Morris Kennon Hunter Sapp Burns Helmick Nugen Morris Plants E. H. Moore Sprague Van Vorhes Geddes Dawes Warner Wilkins Grosvenor Harter Van Voorhis Dawes Joyce White Mooney White C. E. Moore Secrest Griffiths Secrest Henderson Moorehead Secrest Wylie Pryce Kilroy Stivers Carey

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th congressional district
Whittlesey Giddings Mathews Cummins Hoagland Johnson Ball Tompkins Cutler White Bingham Danford McKinley Updegraff Taylor Wilkins Geddes Wilkins Owens Warwick Ohliger Pearson Danford Gill Weems Hollingsworth Francis McCulloch Himes McSweeney McClintock Thom Seccombe Thom Carson Thom Carson McSweeney Bow Regula Boccieri Renacci Gonzalez

• 1846 births
• 1905 deaths
• People from Richwood, Ohio
• The Washington Post people
• 19th-century American newspaper editors
• Democratic Party Ohio state senators
• People of Ohio in the American Civil War
• Union army soldiers
• Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery
• People from Uhrichsville, Ohio
• Journalists from Ohio
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly