James Wilson (politician, 1825)

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James Wilson (1859)

James Wilson (born April 9, 1825 in Crawfordsville , Indiana , †  August 8, 1867 in Caracas , Venezuela ) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1861 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Wilson was the father of John Lockwood Wilson (1850–1912), who sat for Washington State in both houses of Congress . He attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville until 1842 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1848, he began to work in Crawfordsville in this profession. In 1846 and 1847 he took part in the Mexican-American War as a soldier .

In the 1850s, Wilson became a member of the newly formed Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1856 he was elected as their candidate in the eighth constituency of Indiana in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Daniel Mace on March 4, 1857 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1861 . These were shaped by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war .

During the civil war between 1862 and 1865 he was first a captain and later a brevet lieutenant colonel in the army of the Union . In 1866, James Wilson succeeded Erastus D. Culver as the American ambassador to Venezuela. He held this post until his death on August 8, 1867 in Caracas. He was buried in his hometown of Crawfordsville.

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SURNAME Wilson, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Crawfordsville , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1867
Place of death Caracas , Venezuela