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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaEarl WILSON
(1906-1990)
WILSON, Earl, a
Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Huron, Lawrence
County, Ind., on April 18, 1906; attended the public schools and
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.; was graduated from the Coyne
Electrical School, Chicago, Ill., in 1928 and from Indiana
University at Bloomington in 1931; taught high school in Dubois,
White, and Decatur Counties, Ind., 1931-1938; high school principal
in Jackson County, Ind., in 1939 and 1940; elected as a Republican
to the Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1941-January 3, 1959); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; elected to the
Eighty-seventh and to the Eighty-eighth Congresses (January 3,
1961-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate in 1964 for
reelection to the Eighty-ninth Congress; Indiana State senator,
1969-1976; was a resident of Bedford, Ind., until his death there
on April 27, 1990.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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