Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834-August 24, 1910) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1879 to 1897. Call was a nephew of Florida Governor Richard Keith Call and cousin of Arkansas Senator James David Walker; born in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky; attended the common schools; moved to Jacksonville, Florida; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced; served as adjutant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War; elected to the United States Senate on December 29, 1865, but was not permitted to take the seat; member of the Democratic National Executive Committee; practiced law in Jacksonville; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1879; reelected in 1885 and 1891 and served from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1897; chairman, Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Fifty-third United States Congress), Committee on Patents (Fifty-third Congress); retired and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Preceded by: Simon Conover United States Senator (Class 3) from Florida 1879-1897 Succeeded by: Stephen R. Mallory, Jr. This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
