James Falconer Wilson

Infobox Senator
name=James Falconer Wilson

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jr/sr=United States Senator
state=Iowa
party=Republican
term=March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895
preceded=James W. McDill
succeeded=John H. Gear
date of birth=October 19, 1828
place of birth=Newark, Ohio, USA
date of death=April 22, 1895
place of death=Fairfield, Iowa, USA
spouse=Mary A. K. Jewett Wilson
profession=Politician, Lawyer

James Falconer Wilson (October 19, 1828 – April 22, 1895) was a U.S. Congressman from Iowa during the American Civil War.

Wilson was born in Newark, Ohio. A Republican, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in October 1861.

He supported Civil Rights moves and objected to President Andrew Johnson's attempts to veto the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Reconstruction Acts. He voted to impeach President Johnson and was a member of the prosecution in his impeachment trials in 1868.

President Ulysses S. Grant offered the post of Secretary of State to Wilson, but he declined it, serving instead as government director of the Pacific Railroad. He remained in Congress as a member of the U.S. Senate for Iowa. He served as chairman of the Committee of Mines and Mining.

References

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html James F. Wilson] at The Political Graveyard

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6202451 James F. Wilson] at Find A Grave