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Wilson ran for United States Senate in the 1882 midterm elections, and defeated Democrat L. G. Kinnie in the general election by fifteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=391024 IA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1882]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 27, 2021.</ref> He was later re-elected to a second term in 1888 with no opposition,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=391026 IA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1888]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 27, 2021.</ref> where it was observed:<ref name=legalisticfreesoiler/>
Wilson ran for United States Senate in the 1882 midterm elections, and defeated Democrat L. G. Kinnie in the general election by fifteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=391024 IA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1882]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 27, 2021.</ref> He was later re-elected to a second term in 1888 with no opposition,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=391026 IA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1888]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 27, 2021.</ref> where it was observed:<ref name=legalisticfreesoiler/>
{{cquote|It is amusing to see Mr. Wilson ride triumph-antly into the United States senate. One candidate after another dropped out of the list, till Wilson stood alone in solitary grandeur.|||Samuel S. Storrs, ''The Annals of Iowa''}}
{{cquote|It is amusing to see Mr. Wilson ride triumph-antly into the United States senate. One candidate after another dropped out of the list, till Wilson stood alone in solitary grandeur.|||Samuel S. Storrs, ''The Annals of Iowa''}}
In the Senate, Wilson was known as a staunch supporter of the [[Prohibition]] cause, being a member of the Sons of Temperance.<ref name=legalisticfreesoiler/> He was particularly outspoken on the issue, advocating in 1883 to commit the GOP state convention in Iowa to the issue.
==Death==
==Death==