James Wilson (politician, 1766)

James Wilson (born August 16, 1766 in Peterborough , New Hampshire Colony , † January 4, 1839 in Keene , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . Between 1809 and 1811 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Wilson attended the Phillips Academy in Andover ( Massachusetts ) and then studied at Harvard University until 1789 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1792, he began his new profession in Peterborough.

Politically, Wilson was a member of the Federalist Party . Between 1803 and 1808 he was an MP in the New Hampshire House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1808, held nationwide, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the fifth mandate from New Hampshire . There he took over from Clement Storer of the Democratic Republican Party on March 4, 1809 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1810, Wilson could only hold one term in Congress until March 3, 1811 .

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer again. Between 1812 and 1814, Wilson was again a member of parliament in his home state. Since 1815 he lived in the city of Keene, where he also worked as a lawyer. He died on January 4, 1839 in Keene and was buried there. His son James (1797-1881) sat between 1847 and 1850 for New Hampshire in Congress.

Web links

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

• James Wilson in the database of Find a Grave (English)