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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJames WILSON
(1825-1867)
WILSON, James, (father of
John Lockwood Wilson), a Representative from Indiana; born in
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind., April 9, 1825; was
graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1842;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice
in Crawfordsville, Ind.; served in the Mexican War from June 17,
1846, to June 16, 1847; during the Civil War was appointed captain
of Volunteers November 26, 1862, and honorably discharged December
6, 1865, as brevet lieutenant colonel; elected as a Republican to
the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857-March
3, 1861); Minister to Venezuela from 1866 until his death in
Caracas, Venezuela, August 8, 1867; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery,
Crawfordsville, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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