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'''James Falconer Wilson''' (October 19, 1828 – April 22, 1895), also known as '''Jefferson Jim''',<ref>[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#303.49.21 Wilson, J.] ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved November 27, 2021.</ref> was a [[Radical Republican]] from [[Iowa]] who represented the state's 3rd congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for four terms during the 1860s. He later served as the state's U.S. senator for two terms from 1883 to 1895.
Wilson was previously a member of the state legislature, serving in both houses during the late 1850s and early 1860s.
==Background==
Wilson was born in Newark, [[Ohio]] as one of three children.<ref name=nytimesobit>April 24, 1895. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/04/24/102455902.pdf DEATH OF THE SLAVE'S FRIEND; The Public Record of ex-Senator James F. Wilson, Who Died in Fairfield, Iowa, Monday Night.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 27, 2021.</ref> When he was around eleven years old, his father died and left the family unprovided. Wilson subsequently helped support the family, and soon became a harnessmaker's apprentice when thirteen years old.<ref name=nytimesobit/>
Attending local common schools, Wilson would study following his working hours.<ref name=nytimesobit/> While involved in harnessmaking, a trade he was active in until 1851, Wilson also studied law and loaned books from future [[United States Supreme Court]] justice William B. Woods, who helped instruct him. He was admitted to the bar in 1852, and moved to Farfield, Iowa after marrying Mary A. K. Jewett the following year.<ref name=nytimesobit/>
==Political career==
In 1856 amidst the [[United States presidential election, 1856|presidential election that year]], Wilson ran for and was elected to serve in the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of Iowa.<ref name=nytimesobit/> The following year he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives, where he served in the Ways and Means Committee.
In 1859, Wilson was elected to the Iowa Senate, where he served on the Committee of the Judiciary.<ref name=nytimesobit/>
==References==
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[[Category:Iowa]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
Wilson was previously a member of the state legislature, serving in both houses during the late 1850s and early 1860s.
==Background==
Wilson was born in Newark, [[Ohio]] as one of three children.<ref name=nytimesobit>April 24, 1895. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/04/24/102455902.pdf DEATH OF THE SLAVE'S FRIEND; The Public Record of ex-Senator James F. Wilson, Who Died in Fairfield, Iowa, Monday Night.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 27, 2021.</ref> When he was around eleven years old, his father died and left the family unprovided. Wilson subsequently helped support the family, and soon became a harnessmaker's apprentice when thirteen years old.<ref name=nytimesobit/>
Attending local common schools, Wilson would study following his working hours.<ref name=nytimesobit/> While involved in harnessmaking, a trade he was active in until 1851, Wilson also studied law and loaned books from future [[United States Supreme Court]] justice William B. Woods, who helped instruct him. He was admitted to the bar in 1852, and moved to Farfield, Iowa after marrying Mary A. K. Jewett the following year.<ref name=nytimesobit/>
==Political career==
In 1856 amidst the [[United States presidential election, 1856|presidential election that year]], Wilson ran for and was elected to serve in the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of Iowa.<ref name=nytimesobit/> The following year he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives, where he served in the Ways and Means Committee.
In 1859, Wilson was elected to the Iowa Senate, where he served on the Committee of the Judiciary.<ref name=nytimesobit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, James F.}}
[[Category:Iowa]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]