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In 1856 amidst the [[United States presidential election, 1856|presidential election that year]], Wilson ran for and was elected to serve as a delegate to the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of Iowa.<ref name=thepoliticalgraveyard/><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 1856 amidst the [[United States presidential election, 1856|presidential election that year]], Wilson ran for and was elected to serve as a delegate to the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of Iowa.<ref name=thepoliticalgraveyard/><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/>

In 1859, Wilson was elected to the Iowa Senate, where he served on the Committee of the Judiciary.<ref name=nytimesobit/> He also served as a delegate to the 1860 [[Republican National Convention]]<ref name=thepoliticalgraveyard/> which nominated [[Abraham Lincoln]] of [[Illinois]] and [[Hannibal Hamlin]] of [[Maine]] to head the party ticket for the [[United States presidential election, 1860|presidential election]].

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