John Thomas Wilson

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name = John Thomas Wilson


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birth_date = birth date|1811|4|16
birth_place = Bell, Ohio
death_date = death date and age|1891|10|6|1811|4|16 Tranquillity, Ohio
residence = Bell, Ohio
nationality = American

John Thomas Wilson (April 16, 1811 – October 6, 1891) was a soldier, attorney and U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Wilson was born in the village of Bell in rural Highland County, Ohio. As a child, he received a limited schooling and did not have a higher education. He engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits.

During the American Civil War, he was appointed as the first lieutenant of Company E, Seventieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on November 2, 1861. He was discharged as a captain on November 27, 1862.

He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1863 to 1866 and was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses (serving from March 4, 1867 until March 3, 1873). He was also a chairman on the Committee on Agriculture (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses). He as an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.

He died in the village of Tranquillity (near what is now known as Seaman), Adams County, Ohio, at the age of eighty. He is buried in Tranquillity Cemetery.

References

Bioguide (Source Link: [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000603] )