Senate Years of Service: 1855-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1873 Party: Free Soil; American (Know-Nothing); Opposition; Republican WILSON, Henry, a Senator from Massachusetts and a Vice President of…
WILSON, Henry, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Dauphin, Dauphin County, Pa., in 1778; completed preparatory studies; studied law in Harrisburg, Pa.; was admitted to the bar December…
WILSON, Isaac, a Representative from New York; born in Middlebury, Vt., June 25, 1780; served in the War of 1812 as captain of Cavalry; moved to Genesee County, N.Y.; member of the State…
WILSON, James, (son of James Wilson [1766-1839]), a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Peterboro, N.H., March 18, 1797; attended the academies at New Ipswich, Atkinson, and Exeter;…
WILSON, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Millerstown (now Fairfield), Pa., April 28, 1779; attended the common schools; learned the trade of cabinetmaker; engaged in mercantile…
WILSON, James, a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 16, 1835; immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his parents, who settled in Norwich, Conn.; moved to…
WILSON, James, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Carskerdo, near St. Andrews, Scotland, September 14, 1742; attended the Universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh; immigrated to the…
WILSON, James, (father of James Wilson [1797-1881]), a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Peterboro, N.H., August 16, 1766; attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and was graduated…
WILSON, James, (son of James Wilson [1766-1839]), a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Peterboro, N.H., March 18, 1797; attended the academies at New Ipswich, Atkinson, and Exeter; moved…
WILSON, Jeremiah Morrow, a Representative from Indiana; born near Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, November 25, 1828; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…
