James Clifton Wilson

James Clifton Wilson

James Clifton Wilson (born June 21, 1874 in Palo Pinto , Palo Pinto County , Texas , †  August 3, 1951 in Fort Worth , Texas) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1917 and 1919 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives ; later he became a federal judge .

Career

James Wilson attended the public schools in his home country as well as Weatherford College . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Texas at Austin and his admission as a lawyer in 1896, he began to work in Weatherford in this profession. From 1898 to 1900 he was the assistant prosecutor in Parker County . Between 1902 and 1908 he was a district attorney there. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1908 and 1912 he was district chairman of his party. In 1912 Wilson moved to Fort Worth, where he served as a district attorney in Tarrant County until 1913acted. Between 1913 and 1917 he was a federal attorney for the northern part of the state of Texas.

In the 1916 congressional elections , Wilson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Oscar Callaway on March 4, 1917 . He was re-elected in 1918 but did not run for his second term in Congress . His time in Congress was shaped by the events of the First World War . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Wilson was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to serve as a judge in the federal district court for the northern part of Texas. He held this office between 1919 and 1947. After that, he retired. He died on August 3, 1951 in Fort Worth, where he was also buried.

Web links

• James Clifton Wilson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Clifton Wilson in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges