Pettis, Solomon Newton

Territorial judge and member of the Fortieth Congress from Pennsylvania's Twentieth District. 

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Solomon Newton Pettis
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    3
    Family

    Emma L. Wightman (wife)

    Occupation
    Politician
    Diplomat
    Attorney or Judge
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Other Affiliations
    Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
    Government
    Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
    Hayes Administration (1877-81)
    Diplomat
    US House of Representatives
    State supreme court
    How to Cite This Page: "Pettis, Solomon Newton," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/47321.