Joseph G. Wilson

Infobox_Congressman
name = Joseph Gardner Wilson


date of birth= December 13, 1826
place of birth= Acworth, New Hampshire
date of death= July 2 1873
place of death= Marietta, Ohio
state = Oregon
district = ushr|Oregon|AL|At-large
term = March 4 1873 – July 2 1873
preceded = James H. Slater
succeeded = James W. Nesmith
party = Republican
office2 = 15th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
termstart2 = 1862
termend2 = 1870
nominator2 =
appointer2 = A. C. Gibbs
predecessor2 = new position
successor2 = Benoni Whitten
religion =
spouse = Elizabeth M. Wilson

Joseph Gardner Wilson (December 13, 1826 - July 2, 1873) was a U.S. Republican politician in the state of Oregon. A native of New Hampshire, he served as a state circuit court judge and as a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Wilson died before assuming office in the House.

Early life

Joseph Wilson was born in Acworth, New Hampshire on December 13 1826.Corning, Howard M. "Dictionary of Oregon History". Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.] In 1846, he graduated from Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio. Wilson was then employed as a teacher, and then studied law at Cincinnati Law School. He graduated with his law degree in 1852.

Oregon

In 1852, Joseph Wilson traveled the Oregon Trail and immigrated to the Oregon Territory. After arriving, he was appointed as clerk to the Oregon Supreme Court, serving until 1855. Wilson married Elizabeth M. Wilson in 1854. They would have four children together. In 1860, he was selected to be the attorney for Oregon’s third judicial district.

On October 17 1862, he was appointed by Oregon Governor A. C. Gibbs to the Oregon Supreme Court to a newly created position when a fifth seat was added to the court. [http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections24.htm Oregon Blue Book: Oregon Governors] ] [http://www.bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections27.htm Oregon Blue Book: Supreme Court Justices of Oregon] ] At that time the justices also rode circuit as trial judges, with Wilson holding court in The Dalles. Wilson won election to a full six-year term on the court in 1864, before resigning from the court in May 1870.

Congress and death

Joseph Wilson was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Oregon in 1872 and served from March 4, 1873 until his death in Marietta, Ohio, on July 2 1873. He died while moving to Washington, DC to assume office, just before he was scheduled to give a speech at his alma mater, Marietta College.

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state=Oregon
district=1
before=James H. Slater
years=March 4, 1873–July 2, 1873
after=James W. Nesmith