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Wigginton, Peter Dinwiddie 1839-
Lawyer; born in Springfield, Ill., Sept. 6, 1839; educated at the University of Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar in 1860.
Shortly afterwards he removed to California, where he was elected district attorney of Merced county in 1864; and to Congress in 1875 and 1877.
While in Congress he introduced a bill forbidding fraudulent land surveys in California.
In 1884 he was the candidate of the American party for President of the United States.