James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson
Born: October 19, 1828
Birthplace: Newark, Ohio
Father: David S. Wilson 1800 – 1839
Mother: Catherine Ann Bramble 1810 – 1875
Wife: Mary A. K. Jewett 1832 – 1916
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa)
Children:
Rollin Jewett Wilson 1853 – 1928
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa)
Mary B. Wilson 1860 – 1955
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa)
James Falconer Wilson Jr. 1867 – 1941
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa)
Political Party: Republican Party
Education:
Apprenticed the harness maker's trade
Occupation before War:
1851 – 1853: Attorney in Newark, Ohio
1853 – 1861: Attorney in Fairfield, Iowa
1857: Member of Iowa State Constitutional Convention
1857: Iowa State Representative
1859: Iowa State Representative
1859 – 1861: Iowa State Senator
1861: President of Iowa State Senate
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1869: United States Congressman from Iowa
1861 – 1863: Ranking Member of House Judiciary Committee
1863 – 1869: Chairman of House Judiciary Committee
1865: Voted in support of the 13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution
1865 – 1867: Member House Public Buildings & Grounds Committee
1865–1869: Member House Revisal & Unfinished Business Committee
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: Aligned himself with the Radical Republicans
1868: Manager to conduct impeachment of Andrew Johnson
1869 – 1877: Government Director of Union Pacific Railroad
1872: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senator
1877 – 1883: Attorney in Fairfield, Iowa
1890: Named as potential candidate for U.S. Associate Justice
1883 – 1895: United States Senator from Iowa
1883 – 1885: Chairman Senate Public Money Expenditures Committee
1883 – 1885: Member Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1883 – 1885: Chairman Senate Mines and Mining Committee
1883 – 1885: Member Senate Pensions Committee
1887 – 1889: Member Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
1891 – 1893: Member Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
1891 – 1893: Member Senate organization, Conduct and Expenditures
1894: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Senate.
Died: April 22, 1895
Place of Death: Fairfield, Iowa
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa
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