52:
began. Wilson served in
Missouri during the conflict, alongside Company D of the First Iowa Cavalry. He was discharged in September 1864 and married Martha Fleming in February 1865. From 1865 to 1867, Wilson was a farmer and sawmill operator. Wilson then focused on reading law with Conklin and Chancy
181:
161:
186:
201:
206:
196:
236:
231:
81:
221:
216:
96:, as first lieutenant of Company A. In December 1885, Wilson was elevated to major and judge advocate. He later moved to
226:
241:
69:
20:
191:
133:
166:
41:
246:
33:
73:
61:
bar in 1869 and began his legal career in
Osceola. Wilson was licensed to practice law before the
77:
107:
Wilson was a
Methodist and Freemason. He died on 30 April 1904, while visiting his daughter in
211:
176:
171:
85:
37:
8:
93:
62:
49:
45:
101:
97:
36:, on 23 April 1838 to parents R. D. Wilson and Ruhama Spoon. The family settled in
58:
100:
to work in the federal government, which included a presidential appointment by
155:
54:
108:
89:
40:, in 1853, where Wilson attended primary school. He enrolled at
72:. In 1875, he was elected mayor of Osceola. He contested the
80:. In 1882, Wilson was named to a commission convened by the
48:
in 1860, and Wilson joined them there the next year, as the
29:(23 April 1838 – 30 April 1904) was an American politician.
76:, and won election to the body as a representative of
182:United States Department of the Interior officials
153:
104:to serve within the Department of the Interior.
84:to decide on a location for a post office in
162:Politicians from Greensboro, North Carolina
187:Benjamin Harrison administration personnel
202:People of Iowa in the American Civil War
82:United States Department of the Interior
154:
128:
126:
124:
207:Republican Party Iowa state senators
121:
13:
92:, Wilson remained active with the
14:
258:
197:19th-century American legislators
237:People from Mahaska County, Iowa
32:William M. Wilson was born near
21:William Wilson (Iowa politician)
232:People from Warren County, Iowa
88:. After stepping down from the
44:in 1857. His family moved near
1:
222:Iowa National Guard personnel
217:19th-century American lawyers
114:
57:. He subsequently passed the
34:Greensborough, North Carolina
7:
134:"Senator William M. Wilson"
10:
263:
18:
227:People from Osceola, Iowa
74:1879 Iowa Senate election
242:Mayors of places in Iowa
19:Not to be confused with
136:. Iowa General Assembly
42:Oskaloosa High School
192:Methodists from Iowa
38:Mahaska County, Iowa
167:American Freemasons
94:Iowa National Guard
16:American politician
63:Iowa Supreme Court
50:American Civil War
247:Farmers from Iowa
102:Benjamin Harrison
27:William M. Wilson
254:
146:
145:
143:
141:
130:
98:Washington, D.C.
262:
261:
257:
256:
255:
253:
252:
251:
152:
151:
150:
149:
139:
137:
132:
131:
122:
117:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
260:
250:
249:
244:
239:
234:
229:
224:
219:
214:
209:
204:
199:
194:
189:
184:
179:
174:
169:
164:
148:
147:
119:
118:
116:
113:
86:Council Bluffs
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
259:
248:
245:
243:
240:
238:
235:
233:
230:
228:
225:
223:
220:
218:
215:
213:
210:
208:
205:
203:
200:
198:
195:
193:
190:
188:
185:
183:
180:
178:
175:
173:
170:
168:
165:
163:
160:
159:
157:
135:
129:
127:
125:
120:
112:
110:
105:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
83:
79:
75:
71:
68:Wilson was a
66:
64:
60:
56:
51:
47:
43:
39:
35:
30:
28:
22:
212:Iowa lawyers
138:. Retrieved
106:
67:
46:New Virginia
31:
26:
25:
177:1904 deaths
172:1838 births
109:Perry, Iowa
90:Iowa Senate
156:Categories
115:References
78:District 5
70:Republican
65:by 1872.
59:Indianola
55:Osceola
140:8 June
142:2022
53:in
158::
123:^
111:.
144:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.