- John L. Wilson
John Lockwood Wilson (
August 7 ,1850 –November 6 ,1912 ) was an American lawyer and politician from theU.S. state s ofIndiana andWashington . He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1889-1895) and U.S. Senate (1895-1899)Wilson was born in
Crawfordsville, Indiana , the son of James Wilson, a U.S. Representative. He attended the common schools and was a messenger during theAmerican Civil War . Wilson graduated fromWabash College in Crawfordsville in 1874 and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1878. He commenced practice in Crawfordsville and in 1880 was elected to theIndiana House of Representatives . He was appointed by PresidentChester Alan Arthur as receiver of public monies atSpokane Falls and Colfax inWashington Territory , serving in this position from 1882 to 1887.Upon the admission of Washington into the Union, Wilson was elected as a Republican in the 1888 elections to the House of Representatives as the representative from Washington's at-large congressional district for the
51st United States Congress . Wilson was re-elected in 1890 and 1892 to the 52nd and 53rd Congresses, serving fromNovember 20 ,1889 , toFebruary 18 ,1895 , when he resigned to become a Senator.Wilson was elected as a Republican to the Senate on
February 1 ,1895 , to fill the vacancy in the term commencingMarch 4 ,1893 , but did not assume his senatorial duties untilFebruary 19 ,1895 . He lost his bid for reelection toAddison G. Foster in 1898 and left office onMarch 3 ,1899 . While in the Senate, Wilson was chairman of the Committee on Indian Depredations during the 54th and 55th Congresses.After leaving the Senate, Wilson published the "
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ". He died inWashington, D.C. in 1912 and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Crawfordsville.References
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