James Falconer Wilson
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United States Senator from Iowa |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 |
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| Preceded by | James W. McDill |
| Succeeded by | John H. Gear |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st district |
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In office October 8, 1861 - March 3, 1869 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Curtis |
| Succeeded by | George W. McCrary |
| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives | |
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In office 1857 1859 |
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| Member of the Iowa Senate | |
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In office 1859-1861 |
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| Born | October 19, 1828 Newark, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 1895 (aged 66) Fairfield, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary A. K. Jewett Wilson |
| Profession | Politician, Attorney |
James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828 – April 22, 1895) was a lawyer, Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and a two-term U.S. Senator from Iowa. He was a pioneer in the advancement of federal protection for civil rights.
In the last half of the nineteenth century, two unrelated Iowans named James Wilson achieved high office, necessitating an early form of disambiguation. Representative and Senator James F. Wilson (of Jefferson County, Iowa) became known as "Jefferson Jim" Wilson, while Representative and Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson (of Tama County, Iowa) became known as "Tama Jim" Wilson.
Wilson was born in Newark, Ohio. After his father died when James was eleven, James needed to work from an early age, and attended school when work permitted. After serving as a harnessmaker's apprentice, he studied law in Newark alongside future U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Burnham Woods. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and practiced in Newark from until 1853.
In 1853, he moved to Fairfield, Iowa, where he resumed the practice of law.
Wilson played an important role in the formation of the Iowa Republican Party, and antebellum Iowa government. In 1857, he was a delegate to Iowa's constitutional convention, and served as a Republican in the Iowa House of Representatives that year and in 1859. Elected next to the Iowa Senate, he served in that house until 1861, when he was its president.
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